Kenya revoked its recognition of the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction last week, but the court says this will not affect the ruling
International Court of Justice draws new boundary in part of the Indian Ocean that could be rich in oil and gasResident Abukar Ahmed celebrates the ruling by the International Court of Justice, in Mogadishu, Somalia, October 12 2021. Picture: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR
The revised maritime border along the exclusive economic zones for the continental shelves of Somalia and Kenya “achieves and equitable solution”, judge Joan Donoghue said. “I thank Allah for ... for the fruit of the long struggle made by the Somalis in preventing Kenya’s desire to claim ownership of part of Somalia’s sea,” Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said in a broadcast on his office’s Facebook page.