Somalia suffers major set back as court rejects its demands

Major F.A Ndeke from the Kenya Defence Forces takes Inspector General Joseph Boinnet (left) on a tour of the construction of the security perimeter along the Kenya-Somalia border on January 25, 2017. [Courtesy]

Somalia's expansionists dreams suffered a major blow yesterday after the International Court of Justice rejected its demand to have its territorial waters extended in a move that would have rendered Kenya landlocked.

Somalia went to the Netherlands based court in 2014, demanding that the boundary runs equidistant or a median from land border and further wanted Kenya punished for conducting activities in the disputed area.