23 Thought Provoking Facts About Africa

Noteworthy, engrossing facts that will leave you smarter than before.
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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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Approximately 90 of all cases of malaria worldwide occur in Africa, accounting for 24 of all child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Over 25 million people are HIV-positive on the continent and over 17 million have died of the disease already.

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Over 90% of soils are unsuitable for agriculture and only 0.25% has moderate to low potential for sustaining farming.

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Over 240 million Africans suffer from chronic undernourishment.

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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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