copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-07-15): Chiengi District with headquarters at Chiengi is the smallest and most northerly district in the Luapula Province of Zambia and was carved out of Nchelenge District after Zambia's independence. As of the 2010 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 109,147 people.[1] Most of its population live in fishing villages along the 70 km (approx.) of the north-east shore of Lake Mweru which lies within the district. The largest settlement is Puta, 5 km south of Chiengi town, named after Chief Puta. The district is bounded by the DR Congo border in the north, Kaputa District in the east and the Kalungwishi River in the south.[2] [...] Chiengi District today is undeveloped and suffers from a lack of infrastructure. The main road is of gravel construction and is frequently cut by rains and collapsing bridges; there is no telephone or television service although plans are in hand for a satellite link, subject to securing adequate funding.[5] [...] - ↑ Google Earth - ↑ Northern Rhodesia Journal online at NRZAM.org: Mr Justice J B Thomson: "Memories of Abandoned Bomas No. 8: Chiengi". Vol II, No. 6, pp67−77 (1954).
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-12-12): "DRC Rebels kill Chiengi Headman. "A Zambian has been killed by the Mai Mai Rebels of the DRC in Chiengi since fights between that country’s Government and the rebels broke out. Senior Chief Puta of the Bwile People confirmed the incident when the hon. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Nickson Chilangwa paid a courtesy call on him. He said that Headman Tutuma was killed by the Mai Mai Rebels in a fight that has resulted in most Congolese nationals to flee into the Republic of Zambia." [...] Sir, facts are that the deceased was a witch doctor whose village is located along the Zambia/Congo common border in Chiengi District and lived alone. The man was also aged 70 years. On the material date, the deceased’s daughter, Bupe Theresa Mumba aged 25, took some food for him around 1900 hours and returned to her house. A few minutes later, she heard a gunshot from the direction of her father’s house and when she rushed there, she found her father lying in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound on his back with no sign of any killer in the vicinity. During the period of 8th to 9th December, 2012, as Minister of Defence, I undertook a fact finding mission to Chiengi District and verified that the place is calm and peaceful and that there was no presence of the Mai Mai militia on Zambian land. I was accompanied by the hon. Minister of Home Affairs.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-04-27): UNICEF has improved water and sanitation facilities at the reception centre in Chiengi district, where returning refugees are being housed for the night to process immigration documents, before embarking on the final leg of their journey home.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-02-05): UNICEF has improved water and sanitation facilities at the reception centre in Chiengi district, where returning refugees will sleep over to process immigration documents before embarking on the final leg of their journey home.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-01): Four One Stop Centres established in Kasama, Mporokoso, Mansa and Chiengi where survivors could receive assistance by way of psychosocial support, specialized medical care (including clinical rape management), legal counselling and protection services. Staff of the centres were extensively trained in GBV service provision, a survivor centered approach, and in the safe and ethical collection and management of GBV data. The establishment of the One Stop Centres improved the capacities of health service providers and contributed to a substantial increase in the number of survivors who sought and received medical screening services (9,843 since the beginning of the programme). According to centre and hospital records, 11,231 survivors accessed PEP (post exposure prophylaxis) and emergency contraception, mainly as part of clinical management of rape protocols.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-01-18): His knees crippled by arthritis, Chipile hobbled out of town, stopping frequently to rest his painful joints. He had no family to support him – the man had lost three of his children and his wife seven years ago. All he could do was pray as he slowly walked to Chiengi, a district on the border with Zambia, where over 3,360 Congolese like him have sought refuge since 30 August from clashes between government forces and militia groups back home. [...] What took able-bodied villagers a few hours walking, took Chipile a full day. Upon his arrival in Chiengi, he was transported by the authorities to a school which served as a reception centre, before embarking on the two hour long journey to a transit center at the district of Nchelenge. There, he and others received assistance.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-11-19): CHIENGI: The Capital of Witchcraft
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-04-25): Chiengi Charlie, also known as the White Lion due to his light color, terrorized present-day Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) in 1909. His strange appearance, white-like with only half a tail, led villagers to revere him as one might revere a legend. He moved among villages preying on the inhabitants and eventually joining forces with two other lions. Rumors have it that Chiengi Charlie even killed a servant who had been sent to hunt him down. He managed to elude villagers for a year and during that time devoured 90 people. He was eventually shot.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-07): Violence and Harassment: According to media watchdog organizations, independent media did not operate freely due to restrictions imposed by government authorities during the Lungu administration. While the government broadly tolerated negative articles in newspapers and magazines, reports of government officials and supporters of Lungu’s then ruling party harassing and physically disrupting the work of journalists continued during Lungu’s time in office. For example, on May 1, Patriotic Front cadres attacked and assaulted two journalists at the Patriotic Front secretariat when rival Patriotic Front cadres violently clashed during a meeting to welcome opposition National Democratic Congress leader Chishimba Kambwili back to the Patriotic Front party. The cadres attacked Francis Mwiinga Maingaila, a reporter at Zambia 24, a privately owned news website, and Nancy Malwele, a reporter at the independent New Vision newspaper. On June 24, the cadres set ablaze the Kalungwishi FM radio station in Chiengi district in Luapula Province. Although the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) condemned these attacks, police reportedly did not sufficiently investigate cases of assaults against journalists and radio stations, and some media houses were impeded from broadcasting or threatened with closure for unfavorable reporting or insufficient coverage of then president Lungu.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-09): On July 29, following a second recount, the Lusaka High Court declared incumbent Kabwata M.P. Given Lubinda of the UPND duly elected M.P. in his constituency. The losing candidate, who had alleged irregularities in ballot paper security, had challenged the December result. In separate actions, the court also upheld elections in the Itezhi-tezhi, Lukulu West, and Chiengi parliamentary constituencies.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-11-29): Zambia has expressed concern that the ongoing conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could spill over into its territory and other countries in the region. [...] Last week, some humanitarian agencies said over 400 Congolese refugees crossed into the Chiengi district in the Luapula Province of Zambia.
Claim: Chiengi is a territory of Zambia (Chiengi, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2000-12-05): Kelvin Shimo told IRIN. The refugees have arrived in the Zambian border town of Chiengi, they were escaping fighting in and around the DRC border town of Pweto, Shaba Province. [...] Shimo said. A Zambian government refugee officer in Chiengi, Malindi Kaima, told IRIN on Tuesday that Pweto had been besieged by rebel forces and that there had been heavy fighting in the area over the past week. "Our information is that Pweto is now almost deserted, refugees tell me that there had been heavy shelling of the town at the weekend". According to Kaima, rebels control the area around the town and are battling with [...] Kaima said that along with this new influx of refugees were nearly 500 DRC soldiers who also fled the fighting at Pweto. He told IRIN that he met some of the soldiers when they arrived in Chiengi. "These soldiers were tired and starving when they reached Zambia, they were disarmed and they'll join the 540 DRC soldiers in Kaputa awaiting repatriation," Kaima told IRIN. The 540 soldiers in the Zambian border town of Kaputa fled fighting around Kalemie, about 200 km north of Pweto, last month.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-31): The Trans-Karakoram Tract (Chinese: 喀喇昆仑走廊; pinyin: Kālǎkūnlún zǒuláng), also known as the Shaksgam Tract (Urdu: شکسگام, romanized: Shaksgām), is an area of approximately 5,200 km2 (2,000 sq mi)[1] north of the Karakoram watershed, including the Shaksgam valley.[2][3] The tract is administered by China as part of its Taxkorgan and Yecheng counties in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Although the Shaksgam tract was originally under the control of India following the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India in 1947, Pakistan took control of the region after the First India-Pakistan War and subsequently ceded it to China in 1963 through the Sino-Pakistan Agreement, and a border based on actual ground positions was recognized as the international border by China and Pakistan.[4][5] The Shaksgam Tract, along with the entire Kashmir region, is claimed by India.[6][7] Further, New Delhi has never accepted the China-Pakistan boundary pact, asserting that Islamabad "unlawfully" attempted to cede the area to Beijing.[8] [...] The Shaksgam Valley was never part of Kashmir and the northern and eastern boundaries of Kashmir were undefined - ^ a b "Signing with the Red Chinese". Time (magazine). 15 March 1963. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-11-03): A beautiful country that transforms itself in every few miles - India has got everything that you wish to see - mountains, deserts, canyons, beaches, marshes, mangroves and rainforests. However, there are some spectacular places in India which are off the limits for the citizens. One such place is Shaksgam. You might have heard its name for the first time, but when you look at the map of India, it has always been there. Shaksgam Valley lies to the north-west of Siachen glacier, north of Baltistan, east of Gilgit and south of Chinese province of Xinjiang. Towards its south is the Karakoram range and to the north is Kun Lun mountain range, and as such Shaksgam is surrounded by some of the highest mountains in the world. The harsh terrain of the region has preserved Shaksgam's beauty from easy encroachment. However, though India officially recognises it to be a part of the Indian territory, the region is being administered by China since 1963 until which Pakistan claimed it to be a part of Kashmir. [...] If only this paradise was open for tourism, Shaksgam would have beaten Switzerland and Iceland as the most favoured exotic travel destination. The world is a beautiful place, and sometimes this beauty becomes the reason for conflict among admirers. Shaksgam is that enchantress who has been veiled.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-04): India expresses concern over recent Chinese road construction activities in the Shaksgam Valley in the trans-Karakoram tract of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a territory ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963. - India has consistently rejected the 1963 China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement, which attempted to cede the Shaksgam area to China and assert Shaksgam Valley as its territory. - The Siachen glacier, a vital piece of Indian territory, is situated adjacent to the Shaksgam Valley and holds strategic importance, particularly amidst the 2020 standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-06-22): The Shaksgam valley, whose access is through Aksai Chin, is a part of the Gilgit Agency and home to 242 glaciers. It is the most glaciated region on earth after North Pole and South Pole. The Shaksgam valley was handed over by British under Operation Datta Khel to Pakistan as part of the Gilgit Agency. Subsequently, the valley was given by Pakistan to China in 1963 as part of Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement. [...] The Chinese strategists were far sighted way back in 1954 and they not only occupied Aksai Chin where the Taklamakan desert with sand for microchips was located but also got control of Shaksgam Valley from Pakistan, which is home to 242 glaciers, that will provide China with fresh water for microchips. The ongoing Sino-India standoff in Ladakh must be viewed through this strategic lens.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-02): India has registered its protest with Beijing against China’s "illegal attempts" to "alter facts on the ground" in the Shaksgam valley of occupied Kashmir, which faces the Siachen glacier, the Ministry of External Affairs said on May 2. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was responding to questions on Chinese road construction in the valley. "The Shaksgam Valley is a part of the territory of India. We have never accepted the so-called China Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China, and have consistently conveyed our rejection of the same," Mr. Jaiswal said at the MEA’s weekly press briefing. "We have registered our protest with the Chinese side against illegal attempts to alter facts on the ground. We further reserve the right to take necessary measures to safeguard our interests," he added. The Shaksgam valley is part of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, and was ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963, a year after the India-China war.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-02): Highlighting Chinese activities near Siachen Glacier, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday reaffirmed that Shaksgam Valley is a part of India, adding that India has registered protests against China over illegal attempts to alter facts at the Shaksgam Valley. [...] "The Shaksgam Valley is a part of the territory of India," Jaiswal said. [...] The reference here is to the construction of military infrastructure and roads by China in the Shaksgam Valley, a trans-Karakoram tract ceded by Pakistan under the terms of the 1963 Boundary Agreement.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-03): Shaksgam Valley 03-05-2024 10:32 AM India has lodged a strong protest with China for carrying out construction activities in the Shaksgam valley, in an "illegal" attempt to alter the situation on the ground. About Shaksgam Valley - The Shaksgam Valley, or Trans Karakoram Tract, is part of the Hunza-Gilgit region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) and is a disputed territoryclaimed by India but controlled by Pakistan.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-04): India has consistently maintained that the Shaksgam Valley is part of its territory and rejects any attempts by Pakistan or China to alter the status quo in this region. [...] The Shaksgam Valley is a disputed territory claimed by India but is currently under the administrative control of Pakistan. [...] India's claim over the Shaksgam Valley is part of the larger dispute over the region of Jammu and Kashmir, reflecting complex geopolitical dynamics in South Asia.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-04): The Shaksgam Valley, also known as the Trans-Karakoram Tract, is a territory of about 5,200 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi) located north of the Karakoram watershed in the Kashmir region. It is currently administered by China as part of its Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The Shaksgam Valley is a source of contention between India, Pakistan, and China. India claims the entire Kashmir region, including the Shaksgam Valley. Pakistan controls a portion of Kashmir known as Gilgit-Baltistan, which includes the Shaksgam Valley. In 1963, Pakistan ceded control of the Shaksgam Valley to China as part of a boundary agreement. India has never accepted this agreement and continues to claim the Shaksgam Valley as its territory. [...] Disputed Territory: India claims the entire Kashmir region, including Shaksgam Valley. However, in 1963, Pakistan ceded control of the valley to China. This agreement is not recognized by India, leading to an ongoing territorial dispute.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-06): The Shaksgam valley in the trans-Karakoram tract, part of PoK, was handed over on a platter by a supine Pakistan to China through an illegal border agreement on March 2, 1963. However, the continuing Chinese occupation of Kashmir’s territory does not find adequate mention in the contemporary discourse surrounding this issue. China occupies 5,180 square kilometres in the Shaksgam Valley in addition to approximately 38,000 square kilometres in Aksai Chin. China and Pakistan have colluded to obfuscate these facts, even as they brazenly promote the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which runs through parts of Indian territory under their respective occupation.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-07): Understanding the Shaksgam Valley: - Location and Status: The Shaksgam Valley, also known as the Trans Karakoram Tract, lies within the Hunza-Gilgit region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK). It is a disputed territory claimed by India but controlled by Pakistan. [...] - History of Cession: In 1963, Pakistan ceded the Shaksgam Valley to China as part of a boundary agreement aimed at resolving border disputes between the two nations.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): New satellite images from the European Space Agency reveal a Chinese road has been built through the Aghil Pass and now stretches into the lower Shaksgam Valley. The Indian government has consistently claimed the Shaksgam Valley, which is currently controlled by China, as part of its territory. This includes the region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)…. writes Dr. Anjali Sehrawat [...] Some experts believe these roads might be used to transport minerals, possibly uranium, from nearby Gilgit Baltistan to China’s Xinjiang province. There is also the worry that these roads could be used by Pakistani and Chinese militaries. The road’s location is significant. It enters the disputed territory at Aghil Pass, which historically marked the border between Kashmir and Tibet. This fact was even acknowledged by past Chinese rulers. India frequently cites Aghil Pass and the Shaksgam Valley in border negotiations with China, pointing to historical evidence to support its claim. This evidence includes Indian government maps, dating back to 1907, that consistently showed the area as Indian Territory. Interestingly, archival Chinese maps from the early 20th century also seemed to agree, according to a website by a scholar specialising in Tibet. The Indian government has consistently claimed the Shaksgam Valley, which is currently controlled by China, as part of its territory. This includes the region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). In a 2019 speech, Home Minister Amit Shah reaffirmed this position, stating that the Indian constitution defines Jammu and Kashmir to include both Pok and Aksai Chin (another disputed territory with China).
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-06): Home / External Affairs Defence Security / News / Shaksgam valley: How Pakistan 'unlawfully' ceded Indian territory to China [...] Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, in New Delhi, said that the Shaksgam valley is part of India. [...] Jaiswal said that India had never accepted the China-Pakistan border agreement of 1963, under which Pakistan tried to illegally cede this area to China. "The Shaksgam valley is a part of the territory of India. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China," Jaiswal said.
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-02): The Indian government on Thursday strongly condemned China's attempts to include the Shaksgam valley in its territory. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India has registered its protest and rejection with China "against illegal attempts to alter the facts on the ground". [...] "We consider the Shaksgam valley to be our territory. We have never accepted the so-called China-Pakistan boundary agreement of 1963 through which Pakistan unlawfully attempted to cede the area to China," Randhir Jaiswal added. The Shaksgam valley is a strategically important region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Claim: Shaksgam Valley is a territory of India (Shaksgam Valley, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-02): NEW DELHI: India said on Thursday that it has lodged a protest with China over "illegal attempts to alter facts on the ground" in the occupied territory of Shaksgam Valley by carrying out the construction of roads and other infrastructure. [...] Shaksgam Valley is part of the territory of India and the country has consistently conveyed its rejection of the China Pakistan Boundary Agreement. "This is a vexed issue. We have stated our position very clearly as to how we see developments in that part.Shaksgam Valley is our territory and we have been protesting as and when required," Jaiswal said. The Shaksgam Tract, which includes the Shaksgam Valley, is an area of 5,200 sq km north of the Karakoram watershed that has been illegally occupied by China since 1963. It was earlier occupied by Pakistan since 1947. Shaksgam Valley is claimed by India as part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.