UN court backs Equatorial Guinea in disputed islands case with Gabon

Judges at the top U.N. court sided with Equatorial Guinea in a dispute with neighboring Gabon over which treaty settled the ownership of three largely uninhabited oil-rich islands.

The decision effectively hands the islands to Equatorial Guinea.

The countries brought their dispute to The International Court of Justice in 2021, asking judges to determine what legal agreement settles the possession of the oil-rich islands.

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