Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: Before the 1997 war, about 9,000 Europeans and other non-Africans lived in Congo, most of whom were French; only a fraction of this number remains. Around 300 American expatriates reside in the Congo. Question: Prior to the civil war in '97, how many non-Africans lived in the Republic of the Congo?
Output (English): about 9,000