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Kenya v Somalia maritime dispute: the difficult task of drawing a line in the sea
Hearings started at the International Court of Justice on Monday for a maritime boundary dispute between neighbours Kenya and Somalia
However, Kenya refused to take part in the oral proceedings and the court will only examine written evidence provided by Nairobi.
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“The court regrets the decision of Kenya not to participate in the oral proceedings,” said presiding ICJ Judge Joan Donoghue in The Hague.
The dispute centres on the maritime boundaries between the two Horn of Africa neighbours, with some 100,000 square kilometres contested, approximately the…