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East Africa: Somalia President Pours Cold Water On Kenya's Call for Talks
Nation, 26 September 2019
Somalia President Mohamed Farmajo Thursday used his inaugural address to the United Nations to reject Kenya's call for maritime boundary dispute. Read more »
We Agreed to Restore Good Relations with Kenya - Somali President
Somali President Mohamed Farmajo used his inaugural address at the UN to reject Kenya's call for talks on a maritime boundary dispute. Farmajo's remarks came after the two presidents were brought together by Egypt's President Abdelfattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Talking about the meeting, Farmajo said: "We agreed to restore our good relationships in strengthening diplomatic and political cooperation and leave the maritime dispute between the two countries to be resolved by the International Court of Justice."
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, moments before addressing the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-fourth session.
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Kenya: Questions Linger as Kenyatta Meets Somali President Ahead of Border Case
Nairobi News, 25 September 2019
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalia counterpart President Mohammed Farmaajo were forced to put aside their differences as they engaged in a famous handshake while attending… Read more »
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Kenya: President Kenyatta Maintains Kenya's Desire to Negotiate Oil Fields With Somalia
Dalsan Radio, 26 September 2019
President Uhuru Kenyatta has maintained that Somalia should allow negotiations over the disputed oil field in the Indian Ocean. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya, Somalia Take First Step to Normalise Relations
Nation, 25 September 2019
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia say they have agreed to normalise relations between the two sides, but fell short of a deal on the simmering… Read more »
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Kenya: Farmajo Meets Kenya's President Kenyatta Amid Diplomatic Tensions
Dalsan Radio, 25 September 2019
Somalia's President Mohamed Farmajo and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta met in New York on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly as tension over border… Read more »
InFocus
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The International Court of Justice has granted Kenya's request to have the maritime dispute case heard in 12 months. Somalia wants the sea border extended along the land border; a ... Read more »
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Cautioning that the "rigid court procedure" will be blind to sensitive political and cultural issues, Kenya had advised that the case could distract countries from cooperating on ... Read more »
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The maritime border dispute with Kenya now under arbitration at the International Court of Justice is likely to get murkier as details emerge that Somalia has scheduled to auction ... Read more »
