FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

ALMOST 40% OF ADULTS IN AFRICA ARE ILLITERATE

THE SECOND CONGO WAR CLAIMED OVER 5.4 MILLION

LIVES AND IS THE DEADLIEST WORLDWIDE CONFLICT

SINCE WORLD WAR II.

THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE WITH INTERNET CONNECTIONS

IN AFRICA THAN THERE ARE IN JUST NEW YORK CITY.

THE SAHARA IS THE LARGEST DESERT IN THE WORLD

AND IS BIGGER THAN THE CONTINENTAL USA.

AFRICA IS THE WORLD’S SECOND DRIEST CONTINENT

(AFTER AUSTRALIA).

THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION CHINESE CITIZENS ON THE

AFRICAN CONTINENT. ANGOLA ALONE HAS A POPULATION

OF OVER 350,000 CHINESE.

DEFORESTATION RATES IN AFRICA ARE TWICE THE

AVERAGE FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD WITH MORE

THAN FOUR MILLION HECTARES OF PRIMARY FOREST

DISAPPEARING EVERY YEAR.

LAKE VICTORIA IS THE LARGEST LAKE IN AFRICA AND

THE SECOND-LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE WORLD.