Addis Ababa, July 28, 2026 (AFP) - Gabon, Eq.Guinea ink deal ending spat over oil-rich islands

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2026-07-28

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea signed an agreement on Tuesday ending a decades-long dispute over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters after the top UN court backed Malabo. The two west African nations had been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotiers and Conga, since the early 1970s. In May last year, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, which rules in dispu......

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