Africa
Child mortality is decreasing throughout Africa
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Read MoreDialects of Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language within the Afroasiatic family dawning in the Arabian Peninsula. There are many dialects from country to country, with levels of mutual understandability.
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The Major River Basins of Africa
There are sixty-three transboundary river basins in Africa, covering 64 percent of the continent’s land area. Kongo is the largest
Read MoreThe longest distance you can travel between two points in a straight line without crossing any major bodies of water
The longest straight line you can walk without hitting the ocean. Distance: 13,572.40 kilometers (8,433.56 miles).
Read MoreAfrica at the start of Word War I (1914)
In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under formal European control; by 1914 it had increased to almost 90
Read MoreRenewable water resources in Africa
The average rainfall for the continent is about 670 mm per year but the spatial and temporal distribution is very
Read MoreAdult Illiteracy Rate in Africa
Mali, Guinea and Benin have the lowest literacy rates among all countries in Africa.
Read MoreWhat Africa might look like if it had never been colonized
The history of Africa starts with the appearance of archaic humans at least 200,000 years ago in East Africa. It continues uninterrupted into today as a patchwork of diverse and developing nation-states. The oldest known states in Africa are the Kingdom of Kush, Ancient Egypt, the Sahel, and the Maghreb.
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