In 2023, South Africa had 22,511 public schools, excluding early childhood development centres and special schools. Public education is funded by government through a pro-poor model that creates five ...

The Police Service's latest crime statistics covering October to December 2024 recorded 6,953 murders, a 9.8% decrease from the same period in 2023. Of these, 961 victims were women, meaning around 10 ...

As of 31 December 2024, a cumulative total of 457,129 cholera cases, including 8,181 deaths, have been reported since 1 January 2022. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique ...

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the monetary value of all goods and services that a country produces in a given time period. Livestock is a sub-sector of agriculture that includes animals used to ...

A country’s economy is often looked at in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the total value of all goods and services it produces in a year. This graph shows the relative contribution of ...

According to the International LGBTI Association (ILGA), 33 of the 54 African countries recognised by the United Nations have laws that criminalise same-sex sexual acts and diverse gender expressions.

Cameroon's main agricultural products are cocoa beans, cotton and bananas (including plantains).

In December 2013 the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act (2013) was passed in Nigeria (effective January 2014). The Act makes it illegal for same-sex individuals to marry, enter into a civil union, or ...

A message posted on Facebook claims a local Nigerian herbal drink “causes miscarriage” during pregnancy. “If you are pregnant, please don't drink ZOBO. There are verified reports of women who had a ...

A quote attributed to Kenyan politician Martha Karua, the party leader of Narc Kenya, has been widely shared on Facebook. In it, Karua appears to vow she won’t “share a platform with thieves, social ...

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the current president of the Republic Of Uganda. He has been in power since 1986.

Rheumatism isn’t a medical word, but people often use it to describe forms of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis. The many different types of arthritis may cause pain, swelling ...