UN court gives Somalia most of sea zone claimed by Kenya

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The UN's top court awarded Somalia control of most of a potentially oil- and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean after a bitter legal battle with neighboring Kenya over their sea border.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled there was "no agreed maritime boundary" and drew a new border close to the one claimed by Somalia, although Kenya kept a part of the 100,000 square-kilometer (38,000-square-mile) area, chief judge Joan Donoghue said. — Agence France-Presse