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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
The six-year dispute between Somalia and Kenya over maritime boundaries has made it to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Somali government submitted its dispute over the more than 100,000 sq km of maritime acreage to the ICJ.
Somalia wants the maritime border to continue along the line of the land border to the south-east, while Kenya wants the sea border to go in a straight line east.
The dispute between the two has deterred oil and gas exploration although Kenya has issued oil and gas exploration licenses based on its perception of how it thinks the border should be defined. While foreign operators have been given rights by Kenya to drill offshore, the recent exploration focus in the country has been onshore where Tullow Oil and Africa Oil have made numerous oil discoveries.
Somalia received the go ahead to file the case from the ICJ in 2014 when efforts to resolve the case outside the court failed.
The Kenyan government has until May 27, 2016 to respond, after which hearings will begin formally.
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