Hearing over the Kenya-Somalia sea border dispute at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begun on Monday despite Kenya’s absence.
The case started with oral arguments by the Somalia government’s legal team.
The ICJ has said it “regrets the decision of Kenya not to participate”, but ruled to continue the hearing without the country’s involvement.
Somalia said Kenya’s decision not to participate in the ICJ proceedings was “inconsistent with its obligations.. and rule of law.”
Somalia brought the case in 2014, saying the maritime frontier should follow on in the same direction as the land border, while Kenya argues that it has always been taken in a horizontal line from the point where the two countries meet at the coast.