IBRU, Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research, has awarded its fourth annual Raymond Milefsky Award to a pair of non-governmental organisations devoted to conservation and development across disputed Belizean-Guatemalan borderlands. The award is being made to the Belizean non-governmental organisation Friends for Conservation and Development (FCD) and its Guatemalan counterpart Asociación Balam.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled on the ongoing maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia. The ruling was generally seen to be in favour of Somalia, with a new boundary line drawn by the ICJ closer to the Somalian claim, attributing to Somalia several offshore oil blocks claimed by Kenya.

Venezuela has asked for direct dialogue with Guyana over their ongoing border dispute after Guyana called for the dispute to go to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for resolution.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to deliver its verdict on the disputed maritime border between Somalia and Kenya.

Chile has released a new version of Nautical Chart 8, covering its Southern waters, that has been denounced by Argentina as violating the 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two countries.

Ghana and Togo have resolved a long-standing land boundary dispute between the two counties at the Pumakom border in the Pusiga District in the Upper East Region.

Ghana and Togo are looking forward to a November 2021 timeline to sign a Maritime Boundary Delimitation Agreement, the Minister in charge of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has revealed.

Sudan has reportedly received an agreement proposal from Ethiopia regarding the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has affirmed that The Chagos archipelago is part of Mauritius rather than the UK.

Talks between Israel and Lebanon, due to take place this week to discuss the ongoing maritime dispute between the two states, have now been postponed according to sources.

IBRU, Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research, has awarded its third annual Raymond Milefsky Award to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC).

IBRU, Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research, has awarded its second annual Raymond Milefsky Award to Professor Akihiro Iwashita. Professor Iwashita is one of Japan’s leading boundary practitioners based at the Slavic-Eurasia Center at Hokkaido University.