Analysis Summary:

The BBC article is highly accurate. The key claims regarding the World Court's ruling in favor of Equatorial Guinea in the island dispute with Gabon are verified by multiple reliable sources. There is no discernible bias in the reporting.

Detailed Analysis:

• Claim:** Equatorial Guinea has been rowing with Gabon for decades over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters.
  • Verification Source #1: Supports the claim of a decades-long dispute.
  • Verification Source #2: Supports the claim of a decades-old dispute over oil-rich islands.
  • Verification Source #5: Supports the claim of a dispute over islands.
• The number of islands is not explicitly stated as three in all sources, but the general claim of a dispute over islands is consistently supported.*

Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:

• Verification Source #1: "World Court Backs Equatorial Guinea in Islands Dispute With Gabon... settling a decades-long dispute with neighbouring Gabon."
• Verification Source #2: "Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the oil-rich islands"
• Verification Source #3: "World Court backs Equatorial Guinea in islands dispute with Gabon... settling a decades-long dispute with neighbouring Gabon."
• Verification Source #4: "On 5 March 2021, the Court was seized of a dispute between Gabon and."
• Verification Source #5: "Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have agreed that a UN mediator should settle their territorial dispute..."

All sources consistently support the existence of a long-standing dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon over islands. The claim that the waters are potentially oil-rich is supported by Verification Source #2.