Gabon’s claim on islands is untenable, Equatorial Guinea tells world court

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.The African neighbours, both significant oil producers, have asked the United Nations’ top court to settle a dispute centring on the tiny island of Mbanié, less than a kilometre long, off the coast of Gabon.”Gabon’s position is factually and legally untenable,” said Equatorial Guinea’s representative at the court, Domingo Mba Esono.The conflict has been going on since 1972, when Gabon’s army drove…