maritime disputes
The Kenya–Somalia Maritime Dispute and Its Potential National Security Costs
Emmah Wabuke Wed, May 15, 2019, 8:00 AM
The at-times fraught relationship between Kenya and Somalia took a new turn in 2014, when Somalia submitted a compromis before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) claiming that Kenya was conducting illegal acts in what Somalia claimed to be part of its territory. The territory in question is a 100,000 square kilometer (38,610 square mile) triangular patch created by projecting the Kenya-Somali border eastward into the Indian Ocean.