Angola Exploration, Population, and Ethnology
Exploration. – Angola was discovered in 1486 by Diego Cão, squire of King John II of Portugal, after his second trip to the mouth of the Congo (Zaire). In 1574…
Category: Africa
National Parks in Malawi
Majete National Park in Malawi The “Majete Wildlife Reserve” is located in southern Malawi in the so-called Shire Valley on the African continent. The national park was established in 1955…
Zimbabwe Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The first years after independence in 1980, before the AIDS immunodeficiency virus began to spread on a large scale, the state of health was quite good compared to…
Zambia Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The rapid urbanization in Zambia since independence in 1964 has created major problems in the cities in the form of unemployment, housing shortages and growing slums. At the…
Uganda Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Everyday life in Uganda differs greatly between city and countryside. In the big cities, many live the same everyday life as in richer countries in terms of family…
Tunisia Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Ever since independence, social development has been a priority and progress has been made in several areas in recent decades. This has meant that the health status among…
Togo Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Togo is a poor country also measured by African dimensions. In terms of GDP per person, Togo belongs to the poorest quarter of Africa’s countries. More than half…
Tanzania Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The vast majority of Tanzanians live in poor conditions in rural areas and rely on what their small crops have to offer. However, hunger does not usually prevail.…
Swaziland Social Condition Facts
Social conditions In Swaziland, the gaps are deep between rich and poor. More than two out of three residents live below the national poverty line. Around 40 percent of the…
Sudan Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The civil war in Sudan has displaced millions of people both within the country and abroad. The war, together with periods of drought, has occasionally caused famine or…
South Sudan Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The war-ravaged South Sudan is one of the world’s poorest countries, almost entirely in the absence of functioning infrastructure and community service. People may rely on cultivation and…
South Africa Social Condition Facts
Social conditions South Africa is one of Africa’s richest countries in terms of GDP per person, but the gaps in society are still very large as a result of the…
Somalia Social Condition Facts
Social conditions According to the United Nations Development Agency, UNDP, 73 percent of residents lived on less than $ 1.25 a day in 2012. Rural conditions are particularly difficult. In…
Sierra Leone Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Sierra Leone is one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries, where conditions for a good life are still limited. Although the economic development after the civil…
Seychelles Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The standard of living is among the highest in Africa. Everyone has the right to free education and health care. Almost the entire population has access to both…
Senegal Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Poverty is widespread in Senegal, where nearly two-thirds of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. Health care is somewhat better than in surrounding countries,…
Sao Tome and Principe Social Condition Facts
Social conditions In 2008, São Tomé and Príncipe took the step from low- to middle-income countries. Still, around half of the residents are counted as poor and about one in…
Rwanda Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Before the 1994 genocide, Rwanda was one of the world’s least developed countries and social conditions are still poor. Nearly 40 percent of the population lives below the…
Republic of the Congo Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Despite the country’s rich natural resources, most of Congo-Brazzaville’s residents live in poverty. According to the UN agency UNDP, 47 percent in 2012 lived below the poverty line.…
Nigeria Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Oil resources have made a small number of Nigerians stormy, while half the population is expected to live below the poverty level. In terms of human development, the…
Niger Social Condition Facts
Social conditions According to UNDP, Niger is one of the least developed countries in the world and is at the bottom of the Development Index (HDI) established by the UN…
Namibia Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Namibia is relatively prosperous for a country in Africa, but few countries in the world have as large income differences as Namibia. The gaps are huge between different…
Mozambique Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Still, over half of Mozambicans live in poverty. The differences between the city and the countryside are great. The poorest Mozambicans live in the country, while almost all…
Morocco Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Morocco is also poor compared to the rest of the Arab world. The class gaps are very large. The king himself is one of the richest men in…
Mauritius Social Condition Facts
Social conditions The standard of living in Mauritius is among the highest among developing countries. Eight percent of the population lives below the poverty line, especially vulnerable are black Creole.…
Mauritania Social Condition Facts
Social conditions While the Mauritanian upper class has become rich in mining and commercial fishing, the vast majority of residents live in great scarcity as small farmers or livestock keepers.…
Mali Social Condition Facts
Social conditions According to the UN agency UNDP, Mali is among the world’s ten least developed countries. Malnutrition and inadequate health care contribute to low life expectancy. The hygienic conditions…
Malawi Social Condition Facts
Social conditions More than half of Malawians live in poverty with an income below $ 1.25 a day, according to the World Bank. Poverty is worst in rural areas in…
Madagascar Social Condition Facts
Social conditions About seven out of ten Madagascans live in poverty, according to the World Bank. Social insurance systems exist only for the small proportion of the population who are…
Libya Social Condition Facts
Social conditions Libya has, thanks to the oil, had a high standard of living compared to the rest of Africa, with a well-developed welfare structure and guest workers who did…