gabon/equatorial guinea Obiang and Bongo finally see eye to eye on Mbanie

摘要

According to our sources, Gabonesernpresident Ali Bongo and his EquatorialrnGuinea counterpart, Teodoro ObiangrnNguema are to sign an agreement onrnNov. 15 that should break the immediaternlogjam in their decades-long dispute overrnwhich country owns the islets of Mbanie,rnCorisco and Cocotier. Under the accord,rnto be signed on the side lines of the COP 22 conference in Marrakesh, the disputernwill be put to arbitration before thernInternational Court of Justice in ThernHague. Oil resources are thought to liernaround the islets. Up to now the two sidesrnhad refused to put the case before thernCourt. United Nations secretary-generalrnBan Ki Moon will attend the signing ceremonyrnin Marrakesh.