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E.Guinea, Gabon clash at ICJ over oil-rich islands
E.Guinea, Gabon clash at ICJ over oil-rich islands
Economy
by  AFP

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off on Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters. Gabon argues that a later treaty signed in 1974 -- the Bata Convention -- gives it sovereignty over the islands.