copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 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). [...] D.R. Congo is one of six African states that straddles the equator; it's the largest African state that has the equator passing through it. Very narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is the only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rainforest in the central river basin and eastern highlands.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-08-05): The Congo River is a long, arcing river with a basin that spans nine countries in West-Central Africa. This extensive body of water provides food, water, medicine and transport to about 75 million people in the surrounding basin, according to Yale University's Global Forest Atlas. [...] The Congo River system runs through the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, western Zambia, northern Angola, and parts of Cameroon and Tanzania, according to National Geographic. [...] From 1971 to 1997, the Congo River was known as the Zaire River, during the reign of Democratic Republic of the Congo's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who changed the entire country's name to Zaire, the Atlantic reported. (Zaire is the Portuguese adaptation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which means "river that swallows all rivers.")
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-01-10): "The Congo River is the spine of our country," says Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem, a professor of history at the University of Kinshasa. "Without a spine, a man cannot stand up." Seen this way, the river pathway—which, after traveling northward from Boyoma Falls (formerly Stanley Falls, for the great explorer Henry Morton Stanley), takes a southwestward plunge toward the ocean—traces the figure of a dogged but severely hobbled peasant. That it has no real governing authority makes the Congo River the nation’s great equalizer. It also greatly diminishes the river’s value as a resource. Given the 1.5 million-square-mile river basin’s immense hydroelectric and agricultural potential, all of Africa could be beholden to it, and thus to its mother country. Instead the river remains wild, and the DRC staggers under the weight of overpopulation, poverty, lawlessness, and corruption.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-30): The Congo River (also known as Zaire River) is the largest river in Africa. Its overall length of 4,700 km (2,922 miles) makes it the second longest in Africa (after the Nile). The river and its tributaries flow through the second largest rain forest area in the world,[1] second only to the Amazon Rainforest in South America. The river also has the second-largest flow in the world, behind the Amazon, and the second-largest watershed of any river, again trailing the Amazon. Its watershed is a little larger than that of the Mississippi River. Because large parts of the river basin sit north and south of the equator, its flow is steady, as there is always at least one river having a rainy season.[2] The Congo gets its name from the old Kingdom of Kongo which was at the mouth of the river. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, both countries sitting along the river's banks, are named after it. From 1971 to 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was called Zaire and its government called the river the Zaire River. [...] - ↑ "The Congo River". Mongabay.com.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2009-01-20): Geographically the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a population of 70 million people, vast natural resources, and boundaries that encompass much of the Congo River Basin rainforest, which significantly influences the world’s natural environment. The DRC is also one of the poorest countries in the world, possessing weak governmental institutions and an underdeveloped infrastructure. INL programs seek to improve and expand the DRC’s security and justice sectors. The federal government, based in Kinshasa, does not exert control over all of its territory, and is particularly weak in the eastern provinces. During recent decades, the DRC has endured recurring cross-border conflict and internal rebellion. In November 2013, the Congolese army, with logistical support from UN forces, defeated the M23 rebels, although other, smaller militant and rebel groups remain a threat.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), country located in central Africa. Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. It is the second largest country on the continent; only Algeria is larger. The capital, Kinshasa, is located on the Congo River about 320 miles (515 km) from its mouth. The largest city in central Africa, it serves as the country’s official administrative, economic, and cultural centre. The country is often referred to by its acronym, the DRC, or called Congo (Kinshasa), with the capital added parenthetically, to distinguish it from the other Congo republic, which is officially called the Republic of the Congo and is often referred to as Congo (Brazzaville). [...] The Congo River, including its 1,336,000-square-mile (3,460,000-square-km) basin, is the country’s main drainage system. The river rises in the high Katanga plateaus and flows north and then south in a great arc, crossing the Equator twice. The lower river flows southwestward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean below Matadi. Along its course, the Congo passes through alluvial lands and swamps and is fed by the waters of many lakes and tributaries. The most important lakes are Mai-Ndombe and Tumba; the major tributaries are the Lomami, Aruwimi, and Ubangi rivers and those of the great Kasai River system. In addition, the Lukuga River links the basin to the Western Rift Valley.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-12-19): About 16,000 people from the Yumbi area fled to the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), about 15 kilometers across the Congo River. A year later, about half had returned to Congo. Another 20,000 were displaced internally. [...] Yumbi is one of eight territories in the Mai-Ndombe province in western Congo. The ethnic community of Batende is the majority in 33 of Yumbi’s 38 towns and villages, mostly situated in the interior, where their livelihoods depend largely on subsistence farming. The ethnic Banunu live mostly along the Congo River, where they primarily engage in fishing. The Banunu are the majority in the territorial capital of Yumbi, located along the river, as well as in neighboring Nkolo II and Bongende. [...] An estimated 2,100 people escaped Bongende and fled to neighboring Congo-Brazzaville across the Congo River, most to Makotimpoko.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-20): Congo Free State, former state in Africa that occupied almost all of the Congo River basin, coextensive with the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in the 1880s as the private holding of a group of European investors headed by Leopold II, king of the Belgians. The king’s attention was drawn to the region during Henry (later Sir Henry) Morton Stanley’s exploration of the Congo River in 1874–77. In November of 1877 Leopold formed the Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo (Comité d’Études du Haut Congo, later renamed Association Internationale du Congo) to open up the African interior to European trade along the Congo River. Between 1879 and 1882, under the committee’s auspices, Stanley established stations on the upper Congo and opened negotiations with local rulers. By 1884 the Association Internationale du Congo had signed treaties with 450 independent African entities and, on that basis, asserted its right to govern all the territory concerned as an independent state. At the Berlin West Africa Conference of 1884–85, its name became the Congo Free State, and European powers recognized Leopold as its sovereign.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-03-14): With 80 million hectares of arable land, four million hectares of irrigated land, and many rivers with important fishery resources, the DRC has the potential to become a global agricultural power. Although the agricultural sector employs over 60 percent of Congolese and comprises 19.7 percent of GDP, it fails to ensure food security and generate sufficient revenues and sustainable employment. The main cash crops include coffee, palm oil, rubber, cotton, sugar, tea, and cocoa. There has been some success developing cocoa and coffee for export. Food crops also include cassava, plantains, maize, groundnuts, and rice. Commercial agricultural production remains limited, with most producers engaged in subsistence food agriculture. To cope with the food shortage, the GDRC is supporting the creation of agro-industrial parks in different areas of the DRC. [...] Indeed, the DRC has more than 80 million hectares of arable land, of which less than 10 percent is currently exploited. The diversity of climates, supported by an important hydrographic network, allows the practice of a varied range of agricultural speculations. The grasslands and savannahs can support a livestock population of about 40 million head of cattle. Tropical forests, which occupy 135 million hectares, or 52 percent of the territory, constitute an important reserve of biodiversity and potential for forest-friendly products. While the potential for irrigation is estimated at four million hectares, this practice remains modest. The fisheries potential in the Congolese parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Congo River, and all the lakes is estimated at 707,000 tons of fish per year.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-11-16): The Democratic Republic of Congo is a true climate "solutions" country with its enormous reserves of green minerals, pristine forests, and a large hydro power capacity. But several building blocks will be necessary to support this vision, such as continued political commitment, well-aligned multi-level governance, clear institutional frameworks, robust laws, policies, and strategies, well-managed oversight and financing, and robust data management, as the new DRC Country Climate Development Report (CCDR) finds. The DRC’s history of conflict and political instability has long hampered economic growth, undermined state capacity, entrenched corruption, and hindered the delivery of basic services to its people. At 234 million hectares, DRC is the largest country by surface area in Sub-Saharan Africa and one of the world’s poorest, with an estimated 95.3 million people and a poverty rate of 62.3%, ranking 178 out of 182 on the 2020 Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index. This is, by far, the most talked about reality of the Congo. At the same time, the country stands ready to punch above its weight and lead in the global climate arena. This strategic vision is strongly supported by the President (who once said "With its forests, water and mineral resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo is a genuine ‘Solution Country’ to the climate crisis") and enshrined in the 2030 National Strategic Development Plan which defines a path for DRC to reach middle-income status by 2035.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-06-01): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is located in central sub-Saharan Africa, within the Congo Basin. The DRC’s territory straddles the Equator, with one-third of its land area to the north and two-thirds to the south. It is the second largest country in Africa, with a total land area of 2,345,408 km2. The DRC shares borders with the Republic of Congo to the northwest, the Central African Republic to the north, South Sudan to the northeast, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania (Lake Tanganyika) to the east, Zambia to the southeast and Angola to the west. The DRC has a largely equatorial climate; however, this varies across the country’s extensive land area. Generally, the country is hot and humid in the north and west, an area located within a significant portion of the Congo River Basin. The southern, central and eastern areas are generally cooler and drier. The DRC is home to an exceptionally high degree of diversity biomes, ecosystems, and habitats, notably dry rainforests (Muhulu), open woodland forests (Miombo), savannahs, as well as cloud and gallery forests. A large network of protected areas, safeguarding this diversity, covers approximately 8% of the national territory.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-03): The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are paying too high a price, due to an unabating armed conflict, particularly in the eastern part of the country. This situation has been alarmingly worsening since 2023, transforming the country's protection crisis into one of the gravest worldwide.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-04-21): The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stands as the first in Africa and the second in the tropical world with the largest remaining area of undisturbed tropical rainforest measuring 105.8 million hectares. Cameroon, Gabon and Congo show similar areas of intact forests ranging between 19.8 million hectares and 23.4 million hectares. [...] Based on the study, the researchers were also able to determine that, over the entire Congo Basin, 5% of protected areas are overlapped by mining titles, 65% of which are occupied by intact or degraded forests. According to the report, DRC and Central African Republic experience the most significant forest degradation and deforestation related to the mining sector. Besides artisanal mining, it should be noted that 11.6% of Congolese territory (DRC) is covered by mining titles, 35% of which is forest.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-01-10): Democratic Republic of Congo profile - Timeline - Published [...] 1971 - Joseph Mobutu renames the country Zaire and himself Mobutu Sese Seko; Katanga becomes Shaba and the river Congo becomes the river Zaire. [...] Rule of the Kabilas 1997 May - Tutsi and other anti-Mobutu rebels, aided principally by Rwanda, capture the capital, Kinshasa; Zaire is renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo; Laurent-Desire Kabila installed as president.
Claim: Congo River is a territory of Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-07-05): Global Witness’ investigation into a recent gold rush along the Ulindi River in Shabunda territory in eastern Congo reveals the extent of the problems that beset the region’s artisanal gold sector. The Ulindi boom generated more than a tonne of gold per year, worth around $38 million,[ii] whose beneficiaries included armed groups and a predatory Chinese-owned company, Kun Hou Mining, rather than the local population. [...] [v] IPIS, 2014, "Analysis of the Interactive Map of Artisanal Mining Areas in Eastern DRC: May 2014 update", http://ipisresearch.be/publication/analysis-interactive-map-artisanal-mining-areas-eastern-drc-may-2014-update/, p.11 [vi] Global Witness has seen official documents from the provincial Ministry of Mines in (former) Orientale Province, dated February 2015, which detail illegal activities and environmental damaged by semi-industrial dredges along the River Ituri and River Aruwimi, Ituri; see also research conducted by PAX, 2015, "Exploiter (dans) le désordre Cartographie sécuritaire du secteur aurifère à Mambasa occidental" http://www.paxchristi.net/news-media/resources-pax-christi-member-organisations ; and Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), 2014, "Congo’s Golden Web: The people, companies and countries that profit from the illegal trade in Congolese gold" http://www.sarwatch.org/sites/sarwatch.org/files/Publications_docs/congogold3web.pdf p.38 [vii] See for example: Stop-Pillage, 2013, TRIAL, 2013, "TRIAL files a criminal denunciation to the Swiss Federal Prosecutor against a Swiss refinery company suspected of laundering looted gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo"
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-05-10): The Campo (Spanish: Río Campo, French: Rivière Ntem) or Ntem River is a border river in Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It rises in Gabon, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean in Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra. Towns [edit]See also [edit]References [edit]- ^ "Río Ntem o Campo". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018. - ^ "Partie Camerounaise du Fleuve Ntem". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-01-01): The main rivers are the lower Sanaga, Nyong, Ntem, Benito, and northern tributaries of the Ogooué (Abanga, Okano, and Ivindo). [...] This ecoregion is defined by coastal rivers of the West Coast Equatorial bioregion (lower Sanaga, Nyong, Ntem, Benito, and northern tributaries of the Ogooué) which are characterized by similar fish species assemblages. The short stretch of falls on the [...] Fair. Roman (1971)) (Roman 1971)published a book on the fishes of Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea) and Kamdem Toham (1998) and Kamdem Toham and Teugels (1998) (Kamdem Toham 1998; Kamdem Toham and Teugels 1998)studied the fish biodiversity of the Ntem River. Other taxa are less well studied.
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-10-12): The project concerns the design of a bridge over the Ntem River along the Kribi-Campo-Bata multinational road axis to connect the Kribi-Campo and Campo-Bata road sections. This will be along the Yaounde-Bata-Brazzaville corridor, facilitating linkages between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. The study of the Ntem River Bridge is part of the Kribi-Campo-Bata maritime route linking the port of Kribi to Cameroon and Bata in Equatorial Guinea. The inter-capital connections study will identify missing links and determine the technical and economic feasibility of the construction of a crossing structure and the development of a single border control post at the border of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. It will make technical, legal and financial recommendations for the management and operation of the Yaounde-Kribi-Bata-Libreville development and corridor. [...] Equatorial Guinea - Ministère de la Communication
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-04-11): This is a list of rivers in Equatorial Guinea. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. [...] Mbini is a town in Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea, lying at the mouth of the Benito River. Mbini is the Ndowe name for Río Muni. It is located 44 km southwest of Bata.
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-23): Answer: B) Ntem River - Which river forms part of the border between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon? [...] Answer: A) Ntem River - What significant project has been developed around the rivers of Equatorial Guinea? [...] Answer: B) Ntem River - What is the primary challenge for water management in Equatorial Guinea?
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-09): Kie-ntem or Kie Ntem (Spanish: Kientem)[2] is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Ebibeyin. [...] - South Region, Cameroon - north - Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon - east - Wele-nzas, Equatorial Guinea - south - Centro sur, Equatorial Guinea - west The province takes its name from the River Kié and Ntem River (Campo).
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-08-11): Project for the Construction of the Bridge Over the Ntem River Located on the Kribi-Campo-Bata Transnational Road linking the Republic of Cameroon and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-04-10): List of rivers of Equatorial Guinea This is a list of rivers in Equatorial Guinea. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mainland [edit]- Campo River (Ntem River)
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-02-24): The mainland of Equatorial Guinea begins on a narrow coastal plain, edged by mangrove swamps. From there, the land rises into an elevated plateau of thickly forested hills to its border with Gabon, reaching (in a few places) upwards of 1,219 m above sea level. [...] Equatorial Guinea has two regions, the mainland region of Río Muni with capital at Bata and the Insular Region with capital at Malabo. The regions are divided into 8 provinces which are as follows: Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Djibloho, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, and Wele-Nzas. [...] Located in Central Africa, Equatorial Guinea has two parts, a mainland region and an insular region. The latter comprises of the islands of Bioko (that hosts the country's capital of Malabo) and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea. Between these two islands is the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. Mainland Equatorial Guinea or Río Muni is bordered by Gabon to the east and south, Cameroon to the north, and a coastline on the Gulf of Guinea.
Claim: Ntem River is a territory of Equatorial Guinea (Ntem River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-06-05): Partie Camerounaise du Fleuve Ntem - Country:Cameroon - Site number:2067 - Area:39,848 ha - Designation date:05-06-2012 - Coordinates:02°22'N 10°33'E Partie Camerounaise du fleuve Ntem. 05/06/12; South Region; 39,848 ha; 02°22'45"N 010°33'13"E. A permanent freshwater river surrounded by marshes, trees and shrubs. As part of the biogeographic region of three countries: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, this site is significantly rich in wildlife biodiversity. It supports over 80 species of large- and medium-sized mammals with 18 species of primates, 13 of which are considered threatened, including the endangered Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) as well as the critically endangered Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). 28 species of bats have been identified with 2 endemic species: Nycteris major and Hipposiderus curtus. It also supports 1,500 plant species as well as 249 fish species with 4 endemic species, and serves as spawning grounds for several migrating fish species from the Atlantic Ocean. It is a source of livelihood for the resident population who carry out subsistence fishing, agriculture and the harvesting of non-timber forest products. Ramsar Site no. 2067. Most recent RIS information 2012.