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23 Thought Provoking Facts About Africa

Featured 09/12/2014

Noteworthy, engrossing facts that will leave you smarter than before.

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18. Africa is a continent of extremes. Its extremely large, extremely dry, extremely poor, and extremely young. In fact, over half the continent is under the age of 25.
19. Approximately 90 of all cases of malaria worldwide occur in Africa, accounting for 24 of all child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
20. Over 25 million people are HIV-positive on the continent and over 17 million have died of the disease already.
21. Over 90% of soils are unsuitable for agriculture and only 0.25% has moderate to low potential for sustaining farming.
22. Over 240 million Africans suffer from chronic undernourishment.
23. The continent has the largest reserves of precious metals with over 40 percent of the gold reserves, over 60 percent of the cobalt, and 90 percent of the platinum reserves.

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18. Africa is a continent of extremes. Its extremely large, extremely dry, extremely poor, and extremely young. In fact, over half the continent is under the age of 25.
19. Approximately 90 of all cases of malaria worldwide occur in Africa, accounting for 24 of all child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.
20. Over 25 million people are HIV-positive on the continent and over 17 million have died of the disease already.
21. Over 90% of soils are unsuitable for agriculture and only 0.25% has moderate to low potential for sustaining farming.
22. Over 240 million Africans suffer from chronic undernourishment.
23. The continent has the largest reserves of precious metals with over 40 percent of the gold reserves, over 60 percent of the cobalt, and 90 percent of the platinum reserves.

people - Out of 700 million Africans, there are about 10.6 million twins. This is an estimated number of those living in Africa. 91.5 percent of them are found in Nigeria, which means that Nigeria has the highest number of twins in the world.

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