A map illustrating the Somalia-Kenya maritime border dispute. (Courthouse News image/Molly Quell)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) Despite Kenya’s last-minute withdrawal, Somalia gave opening statements in a long-standing dispute over its maritime boundary before the United Nations’ highest court Monday.
Last week, Kenya accused the International Court of Justice of bias for refusing to reschedule hearings for a fourth time in a case over the Indian Ocean maritime border between the two East African countries.
Boundary disputes are not “a twist or a hip hop which one can dance solo, but a tango dominated by a pas de deux,” Alain Pellet told The Hague-based court on behalf of Somalia, referring to the ballet movement where dancers dance in sync.