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schema:articleBody	The UN's highest court on Friday postponed until next year hearings on a maritime border spat between Kenya and Somalia with possible lucrative Indian Ocean oil and gas reserves at stake. The International Court of Justice was to hear oral arguments in the case in the second week of June. "The court reached its decision, having duly considered the views and arguments of the parties, following Kenya's request for a postponement... owing to the COVID-19 pandemic," the Hague-based court said. Nairobi has argued that the ICJ -- set up after World War II to rule in disputes between countries -- did not have jurisdiction in the case brought by Somalia in 2014, but the east African country was overruled. Mogadishu's case focuses on an attempt to redraw the sea border which would affect at least three of Kenya's 20 offshore oil blocks. The disputed region covers more than 100,000 square kilometres (40,000 square miles) where Kenya has already granted exploration permits for three oil blocks to Italian firm ENI SpA, a move the Somalis are contesting. Somalia, which lies north of Kenya, wants to continue the frontier along the line of the land border, in a southeast direction. But Kenya says the border should head out to sea in a straight line east, along the parallel of latitude, giving it more sea territory. In February last year, Somalia rejected a Kenyan claim that it had auctioned off blocks in the area and said it would not take any unilateral action there prior to an ICJ ruling. The disputed triangle of water is believed to hold valuable deposits of oil and gas in a part of Africa only recently found to be sitting on significant reserves. Nairobi maintains it has had sovereignty over the contested zone since 1979. Somalia took the matter to court after saying diplomatic attempts to resolve the disagreement had led nowhere. A final outcome will significantly impact a new source of revenue for either of the east African neighbours -- but the case is set to last for several years. jhe/har
schema:headline	Top UN court moves Somalia-Kenya border case to 2021
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