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    Standard Digital: Somalia Says It Will Not Settle Sea Dispute with Kenya Out of Court

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Somalia has disputed Kenya's claims that it had agreed to settle an offshore border dispute out of court. It will press on with its UN arbitration case.

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Standard Digital: Somalia Says It Will Not Settle Sea Dispute with Kenya Out of Court

The likelihood of Kenya and Somalia resolving their maritime dispute out of court has been dashed after Somalia announced that it will be submitting documents to back its case to the United National International Court of Justice tomorrow (Monday). Recently, Kenya Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed told members of the National Assembly that that the two countries had agreed to resolve the dispute in the oil-rich territory matter out of court. Somalia denied the claim. The triangle of disputed ocean territory stretches for more than 100,000 square kilometers.

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