Africa covers

20.4% of Earth’s total land area

Over 2,000 languages are spoken

in Africa.

In Rwanda, 56% of the seats in the Parliament are occupied by women

(compared with 14.0 percent in the United States)

Lesotho has the highest minimum altitude in the world (4,530ft)

The Republic of Sudan has 223 of its own pyramids,

twice the number of pyramids in Egypt.