Amazing facts about AFRICA by

There are fewer people with internet connections in Africa than there are in NYC

2014-06-16 11:08:07 UTC

The Second Congo War claimed over 5.4 million lives and is the deadliest worldwide conflict since World War II.

2014-06-16 11:08:34 UTC

Africa has approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining mineral resources

2014-06-16 11:11:46 UTC

Well over one thousand languages are spoken by the people of Africa. Some estimates put this number closer to two thousand.

2014-06-16 11:14:45 UTC

The oldest human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They are approximately 200,000 years old.

2014-06-16 11:15:01 UTC

POSITIVE

2014-06-16 11:15:01 UTC

Negative

2014-06-16 11:15:32 UTC

Africa is the second most populous continent

2014-06-16 11:17:03 UTC

Miscellaneous

2014-06-16 11:17:28 UTC

Arabic is spoken by 170 Million people in Africa

2014-06-16 11:17:39 UTC

The worlds largest land animal is the African elephantThe worlds tallest animal, the giraffe, lives in Africa

2014-06-16 11:19:34 UTC

Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in Africa; it is 355 feet high and one mile wide

2014-06-16 11:20:12 UTC

Africa covers 6 percent of the earth's total surface and 20.4 percent of the total land area.

2014-06-16 11:21:22 UTC

The fastest land animal in the world, the cheetah, lives in Africa.

2014-06-16 11:21:39 UTC

The African continent has about one billion people.

2014-06-16 11:22:04 UTC

There are 54 countries and one “non-self governing territory”, the Western Sahara, in Africa.

2014-06-16 11:22:22 UTC

Before colonial rule Africa comprised up to 10,000 different states and autonomous groups with distinct languages and customs.

2014-06-16 11:22:32 UTC

There are over 2,000 recognised languages spoken on the continent.

2014-06-16 11:23:06 UTC

n 2008, 47 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lived on $1.25 a day or less

2014-06-16 11:23:25 UTC

The highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895km)

2014-06-16 11:23:59 UTC

Poverty rates are 20 percentage points higher in countries affected by repeated cycles of violence over the last three decades

2014-06-16 11:25:05 UTC

Africa's population has been increasing rapidly, growing from 221 million in 1950 to 1 billion in 2009.

2014-06-16 11:26:06 UTC

Poverty is the principal cause of hunger in Africa and elsewhere

2014-06-16 11:26:16 UTC

Africa is the world’s poorest & most underdeveloped continent.

2014-06-16 11:26:28 UTC

A woman in sub-Saharan Africa will give birth to an average of 5.2 children in her lifetime

2014-06-16 11:26:30 UTC

Africa has over 25% of the world’s bird species.

2014-06-16 11:26:34 UTC

over 25 million people are HIV positive in africa

2014-06-16 11:26:57 UTC

Over 3.5 Million people Are Refuges

2014-06-16 11:27:59 UTC

Africa is poised to have the largest labour force in the world

2014-06-16 11:28:55 UTC

There are fewer people with internet connections in Africa than there are in just New York City.

2014-06-16 11:29:11 UTC

2014-06-16 11:29:26 UTC

Africa is the hottest continent on earth

just like me

2014-06-16 11:29:36 UTC

2014-06-16 11:29:51 UTC

The largest religion in Africa is Islam, followed by Christianity.

Lake Malawi has more fish species than any other freshwater system on earth.

2014-06-16 11:29:59 UTC

cameron is smelly

2014-06-16 11:30:05 UTC

3,000 children under the age of five die each day from malaria in Africa

2014-06-16 11:30:09 UTC