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.
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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.
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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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