[Jonah Onyango, Standard]andard]The International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday decided to proceed with the hearing of the maritime case filed by Somalia without Kenya’s participation. Case against SomaliaRead MoreEarlier, Kenya’s bid to address the international court on its displeasure and decision not to participate in the maritime case against Somalia has failed. ICJ set five minutes for Somalia to open its case but Kenya wanted to address the court before Somalia. The court has been generous to Kenya, it allowed postponement of this case three times in an interval of 18 months,” Somalia argued. Following the agreement, Kenya turned to AU for mediation of the dispute but Somalia objected saying that it already had a case before the ICJ.

Source: Standard Digital March 15, 2021 17:45 UTC