copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-06): The Democratic Republic of the Congo,[b] also known as the DR Congo, the DRC, or Congo-Kinshasa, is a country in Central Africa. By land area the Congo is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 109 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean. [...] As a result of its equatorial location, the DRC experiences high precipitation and has the highest frequency of thunderstorms in the world. The annual rainfall can total upwards of 2,000 millimetres (80 in) in some places, and the area sustains the Congo rainforest, the second-largest rainforest in the world after the Amazon rainforest. This massive expanse of lush jungle covers most of the vast, low-lying central basin of the river, which slopes toward the Atlantic Ocean in the west. This area is surrounded by plateaus merging into savannas in the south and southwest, by mountainous terraces in the west, and dense grasslands extending beyond the Congo River in the north. The glaciated Rwenzori Mountains are found in the extreme eastern region.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-01): Fizi is a territory of 22,000 km2, located in the South of South Kivu Province in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is an area with 9 large forest areas where the population lives mainly from agriculture and fishing (in Lake Tanganyika and in large rivers). The minerals (gold, coltan, copper) are mined by craftsmen. [...] Fizi is one of nine territories (administrative subdivisions – district) comprising the province of South Kivu in eastern DR Congo. Fizi is a vast and poor rural area of about 22 000 km2 for one million inhabitants. The capital of the Territory is also called Fizi (Centre). The city of Fizi is an important center of about 30,000 inhabitants which includes the administrative services of the Territory and some social infrastructure. The city of Fizi is within the territory of Fizi. It remained uninhabited for a long time due to incessant wars: from 1963 to 1968 because of the rebellion led by Désiré Kabila and from 1996 to 2002 because of the liberation war led by Kabila and the rebel pro-Rwandan RCD / Goma.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-11): See also [edit]- Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Chiefdoms and sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Constituencies in the National Assembly - Former districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-04-28): As the country’s oldest national park, it’s also the most biologically diverse. You’ll find lava plains, savannas, forests, valleys, active volcanoes, swamps, and even glacier peaks in the Rwenzori Mountains. [...] The park has three distinct areas, all worth a visit: The Rwenzori Mountains, Lake Edward area, and the Mikeno volcano area.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-26): Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of provinces. Territories are further divided into sectors, chiefdoms, and communes. They are led by an administrator and, for the most part, take the name of the town that is their administrative center.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-12): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country of sub-Saharan Africa, occupying some 2,344,858 square kilometres (905,355 sq mi).[1] Most of the country lies within the vast hollow of the Congo River basin.[1] The vast, low-lying central area is a plateau-shaped basin sloping toward the west, covered by tropical rainforest and criss-crossed by rivers. The forest center is surrounded by mountainous terraces in the west, plateaus merging into savannas in the south and southwest. Dense grasslands extend beyond the Congo River in the north. High mountains of the Ruwenzori Range (some above 5,000 m or 16,000 ft) are found on the eastern borders with Rwanda and Uganda (see Albertine Rift montane forests for a description of this area). [...] In this region, changes in elevation bring marked changes in vegetation, which ranges from montane savanna to heavy montane forest.[1] The Rwenzori Mountains between lakes Albert and Edward constitutes the highest range in Africa.[1] The height and location of these mountains on the equator make for a varied and spectacular flora.[1] [...] Terrain: vast central plateau covered by tropical rainforest, surrounded by mountains in the west, plains and savanna in the south/southwest, and grasslands in the north. The high mountains of the Ruwenzori Range on the eastern borders.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-17): Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: since 2011, the DRC has had a Common Interest Zone agreement with Angola for the mutual development of off-shore resources [...] Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD [Azarias RUBERWA] [...] Disputes - international heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda Government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DRC dispute Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda River claimed by Zambia near the DRC village of Pweto; DRC accuses Angola of shifting monuments
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-17): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), commonly referred to as DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa or the DRC, is a country in central Africa. It was known as Zaïre from 1971 to 1997. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world. With a population of over 71 million,[1] the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the nineteenth most populous nation in the world, the fourth most populous nation in Africa, as well as the most populous Francophone (French-speaking) country. DRC borders the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi in the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; the Republic of the Congo, the Angolan exclave of Cabinda, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It is separated from Tanzania by Lake Tanganyika in the east.[1] The country has access to the ocean through a 40-kilometre (25 mi) stretch of Atlantic coastline at Muanda and the roughly 9 km wide mouth of the Congo River which opens into the Gulf of Guinea. It has the second-highest total Christian population in Africa.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-21): - Kagame’s RPF seized the capital, Kigali, on July 4 as Hutu genocidaires, troops, and former regime leaders fled to the DRC. An estimated two million Hutu civilians fearing revenge and reprisal attacks also poured into the country. [...] - In 1999, the DRC, Uganda and Rwanda signed a set of ceasefire agreements, including the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement (1999) and the Luanda Agreement (2002) which were to see all sides stop military operations. The agreements also triggered the UN to deploy MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) troops to monitor the peace process.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2008-05-29): - Barely a week later, a Uganda-registered barge belonging to the Canadian company Heritage Oil was attacked by another FARDC patrol near Rukwanzi island, on Lake Albert, killing a UK civilian oil worker. Kinshasa again claimed that this barge had illegally crossed into Congolese waters, although this was strenuously denied by the Ugandan authorities, who insisted that Rukwanzi is in Ugandan waters.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-12-31): Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD [Azarias RUBERWA]
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-08-07): Army officers from the two sides met on Monday on Rukwanzi, an island straddling the border in the middle of the lake, and Congo's army handed over four captured Ugandan soldiers it accused of illegally crossing the border a week ago, Okapi said.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2013-06-06): There have been a number of precedents for such events – all linked to potential or actual oil discoveries. This includes the Bakassi Peninsula that Nigeria eventually ceded to Cameroon in 2008 following a judgement of the International Court of Justice. Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert is also still in dispute between the DRC and Uganda, while Malawi and Tanzania contest the international boundary between their two countries in Lake Malawi. The former is claiming sovereignty over the entire 29 600 sq-km lake that straddles the borders of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-08-04): GUNMEN on Ugandaâ€™s Lake Albert attacked a barge (ferry) operated by Canada's Heritage Oil Corp. on Friday morning, killing a British geologist. The attack took place around Rukwanzi Island, the same area where four UPDF soldiers accused of having crossed into their territory were arrested by Congolese forces last weekend. [...] The attack took place around Rukwanzi Island, the same area where four UPDF soldiers accused of having crossed into their territory were arrested by Congolese forces last weekend. Rukwanzi Island is located half in Uganda and half in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-07-14): Central African states’ ongoing boundary problems include location of the boundary in the broad Congo River between the Republic of Congo and the DRC. Uganda and the DRC continue to dispute the Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-01-31): - Ngaba - Ngaliema - Ngaliema Bay - Ngiri-Ngiri - Niemba - Nsele - Nsi Kwilu - Nyanzale - Omeonga - Pool Malebo - Province of Équateur - Rukwanzi Island - Sakania - Selembao - Shaba North - Sumba (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-12-30): heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda Government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DRC dispute Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda River claimed by Zambia near the DRC village of Pweto; DRC accuses Angola of shifting monuments
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-04-10): As stated in the introduction, oil development in eastern Africa raises specific issues which were generally not found in Western Africa. Border litigations represent the first issue. In this respect, Lake Albert first drew attention in August 2007 when an engineer from Heritage Oil was killed by Congolese soldiers while conducting a seismic survey close to the island of Rukwanzi in the southern part of the lake. Heritage Oil argued they were on Uganda’s side of the border when this happened while the Congolese soldiers—who had summoned the boat occupants a couple of hours before the shoot-out—explained the survey was conducted in Congolese territory. This specific dynamic in border conflicts has implications for state sovereignty. The cherished principle by nation-states becomes even more important where oil is speculated or deposits are confirmed at the disputed border. No wonder that overzealous nationals and state agents can kill, to protect first sovereignty and next to an anticipated economic yield from the oil. As a result of the above incidents at the border, two bilateral agreements between DRC and Uganda (Ngurdoto in 2007 and Dar es Salaam in 2008) were signed to prevent other similar conflicts. The island of Rukwanzi is now jointly administered by the two countries and litigation on the border demarcation is or the time being frozen with an explicit ban on exploring oil in a strip of five kilometers along the two sides of the former colonial border.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-14): The recent shifts in the course of the Semliki are being attributed to the melting of glaciers on the Rwenzori. [...] But with its volume and course determined by the amount of runoff from the Rwenzori Mountains, the melting of glaciers as a result of higher temperatures has seen the river vary course in recent times. [...] Uganda and the DRC have previously clashed over the small island of Rukwanzi in Lake Albert.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-08-16): Tensions at the lake have been exacerbated by reports that DR Congo and Uganda are tussling for ownership of the island of Rukwanzi. [...] The Ugandan authorities would not allow me to visit Rukwanzi, but I took a boat out onto Lake Albert to meet Ugandan Rose Kirungi. [...] Rukwanzi is seen as a strategic location for oil exploration which has been going on in the area for several years.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-09-20): The Lake Albert victims found themselves in the wrong place on an afternoon of heightened tensions. Rukwanzi island, at the heart of the lake, is territory claimed by both Uganda and DRC. The disputed border between the countries runs right through the middle, an area which is estimated to contain over one billion barrels of oil. The passenger ferry with 50 Congolese on board left Rukwanzi for a scheduled crossing to Kasenyi at around 1pm, just as the Heritage boat was being apprehended by the UN. [...] Residents of Rukwanzi told Corporate Watch on a visit to the island in 2009 that the families of the dead had been promised $100 in compensation by the Congolese authorities but that the money never arrived. Attitudes towards Uganda have hardened, while many are concerned offshore oil drilling will affect the fishing industry. [...] 13.00 Passenger ferry carrying 50 Congolese leaves Rukwanzi for a scheduled crossing to Kasenyi.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-24): Maritime claims territorial sea: 12nm exclusive economic zone: since 2011 the DRC has a Common Interest Zone agreement with Angola for the mutual development of off-shore resources [...] Congolese Rally for Democracy or RCD [Azarias RUBERWA] [...] Disputes - international heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda Government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DRC dispute Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda River claimed by Zambia near the DRC village of Pweto; DRC accuses Angola of shifting monuments
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Congo, Democratic Republic of the heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledged in 2004 to abate tribal, rebel, and militia fighting in the region, including northeast Congo, where the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), organized in 1999, maintains over 16,500 uniformed peacekeepers; members of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army forces continue to seek refuge in Congo's Garamba National Park as peace talks with the Uganda Government evolve; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area; Uganda and DRC dispute Rukwanzi Island in Lake Albert and other areas on the Semliki River with hydrocarbon potential; boundary commission continues discussions over Congolese-administered triangle of land on the right bank of the Lunkinda River claimed by Zambia near the DRC village of Pweto; DRC accuses Angola of shifting monuments
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-10-02): The Congolese and Ugandan governments dispute the ownership of the lake's hitherto obscure Rukwanzi Island, less than three kilometres wide, at its southern end near the scene of the August 1 clash. [...] "That is far-fetched. We have no cause to fight," Information Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja told IWPR. "In any case, the issues have been pushed to higher-level talks. The factor of oil is not there. The reasons for the clashes are territorial claims, and in this the Congo is wrong. The map is clear and we have the island [Rukwanzi] on our side."
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Uganda (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-07-20): Rukwanzi Island is a disputed island in the southern portion of Lake Albert in Central Africa. It is home to approximately 1000 fishermen.[3] Ownership dispute [edit]Rukwanzi is the subject of an ownership dispute between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, which are situated on opposite sides of the lake.[3] In late July 2007, Congo apprehended four Ugandan soldiers it said had crossed the dividing line in the lake, and on August 3, 2007, the countries' militaries engaged in a skirmish near the island, with one Briton and one Congolese killed.[3] On August 12, 2007, Congo occupied the area.[4] [...] - ^ Rukwanzi "Island" is a section of Lake Albert's shoreline separated from the mainland only by narrow river channels, with the main settlement at these coordinates; dozens of visible piers, buildings, and boats are visible at this coordinate on Google Earth- like platforms, at the same location as "Rukwanzi (B)" in Figure 5 of this UN report. The location on OpenStreetMap, since copied by Google Earth and others, provides as the sole source an old, incorrect German Wikipedia entry.[1]
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Uganda (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-12-17): Uganda, DRC reach truce on Rukwanzi UGANDA and the DR Congo have demilitarised the contested Rukwanzi Island in southern Lake Albert. The declaration was contained a ministerial report released after the 5th Joint Permanent Commission meeting in Kampala last week.<br> UGANDA and the DR Congo have demilitarised the contested Rukwanzi Island in southern Lake Albert. The declaration was contained a ministerial report released after the 5th Joint Permanent Commission meeting in Kampala last week.
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Uganda (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-10-02): The Congolese and Ugandan governments dispute the ownership of the lake's hitherto obscure Rukwanzi Island, less than three kilometres wide, at its southern end near the scene of the August 1 clash. [...] "That is far-fetched. We have no cause to fight," Information Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja told IWPR. "In any case, the issues have been pushed to higher-level talks. The factor of oil is not there. The reasons for the clashes are territorial claims, and in this the Congo is wrong. The map is clear and we have the island [Rukwanzi] on our side."
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Uganda (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-12-29): Rukwanzi may refer to: Potamonautes rukwanzi , a crustacean native to Uganda Rukwanzi Island , an island in Lake Albert
Claim: Rukwanzi Island is a territory of Uganda (Rukwanzi Island, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-05-29): When you stand on the island of Rukwanzi at the heart of Lake Albert, your first thought, echoing perhaps the casual rhetoric of the region’s oil men, is that you are at the edge of a new frontier. But for its communities the lake is a centre, a point of connection and integration, the great body of water into which the White Nile flows, part of the vast rift valley that draws Africa’s citizens into mutual dependency. What happens here matters to half a dozen neighbouring countries. But the lines being drawn now, as neat and straight as the borders on colonial maps, mark not sovereign territory, but exploration blocks for oil and gas companies. Just a few miles from Rukwanzi six Congolese were killed in September 2007, shot at by the Ugandan army while they travelled in a passenger ferry from the island to the DRC shore. It was revealed last week that Heritage Oil and Gas, the British wildcat explorer founded by former mercenary Tony Buckingham, played a key role in triggering that military operation after its staff had crossed illegally into Congolese waters.