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Is ICJ ruling in sync with dream of Somalia?

Lord Delamere, 1961

In the world of geopolitics, coincidences are rare. When they occur, they are pregnant with expectations and the jury is still out on whether what happened on October 12, this year, when the International Court of Justice delivered its verdict on a maritime dispute between Mogadishu and Nairobi had been premeditated or was a mere coincidence.

The timing was eerily symbolic for Somalia. It relived the dreams and inspirations Somalia founders had when they first hoisted the blue flag in Mogadishu on October 12, 1954. 

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