In its final and binding ruling the ICJ, also known as the World Court, sided with Equatorial Guinea and said its claim on the islands based on a 1900 convention dividing up French and Spanish ...

Judges at the top U.N. court have sided with the West African country of Equatorial Guinea in a fight with neighboring Gabon over the ownership of three largely uninhabited oil-rich islands.

Oil fires Mbanie peace pact The leaders of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have signed an agreement to draw up an accord on joint oil exploration in waters disputed for over three decades.

The tiny island of Mbanié off the coast of Gabon is the subject of a dispute pitting Equatorial Guinea against Gabon at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

The presidents of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have vowed to settle a border dispute over a small island which lies in potentially oil-rich waters between the two Central African states.

THE HAGUE - Equatorial Guinea asked judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday to reject Gabon's claim to several islands in potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea has been rowing with Gabon for decades over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

Equatorial Guinea asked judges at the International Court of Justice to reject Gabon's claim to several islands in potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Guinea.

AMSTERDAM - Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Monday that Equatorial Guinea has a legal claim to a cluster of small islands in potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of ...

Equatorial Guinea had control of the territory until 1972, when Gabon took over the largest island, Mbanie, in a military skirmish. When oil was discovered in coastal waters, the dispute reignited.

The tiny island of Mbanie measures just 30 hectares but has been at the center of a territorial dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The world court has found in favor of the latter.