Ethiopia's Abiy steps up mediation in Kenya, Somalia sea row

The area in the Kenya-Somalia maritime border dispute forms a triangle east of the Kenya coast. Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has stepped up efforts to have the row resolved without worsening the fragile diplomatic ties in the Horn of Africa. GRAPHIC | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Ethiopia prime minister has sent emissaries to Kenya and Somalia seeking to have their maritime border dispute resolved without worsening flagile diplomatic ties in the Horn of Africa.

Officials in Nairobi and Mogadishu said Abiy, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the region's security prefect, had scheduled a meeting for this week between presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Mohammed Farmajo for July 13.