Congo is the only major river which crosses the equator twice. It is the second largest river in Africa after Nile and the second largest river in the world.

The Chinese government pledged US$40 billion for the creation of the investment fund established on 29 December 2014.

Male, island and atoll, capital of Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. It lies on Male Atoll, about 400 miles (645 km) southwest of Sri Lanka.

The three largest sovereign countries by surface area are Russia, Canada, and the United States. Together they occupy roughly a quarter of Earth's landmass. Other heavyweights in size are China, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina and Kazakhstan.

The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain on the European continent from Morocco on the African continent.

Africa is known as the "Dark Continent" because it was unexplored for a long time. The term was coined by Welsh journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley in his 1878 travelogue. Stanley considered Africa to be mysterious and poorly known.