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Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, Seychelles is the only African country that falls into the very high human development category. Somalia has the lowest HDI in both Africa and the world according to the list.
This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fragile States Index ... Central African Republic: ... Kenya: 86.5: 1.3: 1.7: 2.7: 3.8: 7.0 ...
Global Peace Index 2023. Countries appearing with a deeper shade of green are ranked as more peaceful, countries appearing more red are ranked as more violent. [1] Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions ...
An improved water source, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), refers to a drinking water source that provides adequate and safe water for human consumption. Examples of improved water sources include piped water connections, protected wells, boreholes with hand pumps, packaged or delivered water and rainwater collection systems ...
Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list. "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms. "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System".
Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer to the African mainland than the European mainland but, politically, are generally considered to be European by convention. Egypt, although extending into Asia through the Sinai Peninsula, is considered an African state.
Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1] Africa is also the youngest continent, as 60% of Africa is 24 years of age or younger. [2] This list also includes the partially recognized country Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, commonly known as Western Sahara, which is a member of the African ...
Anglophone Africa includes five countries in West Africa (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and the most populous African country Nigeria, as well as a part of Cameroon) that are separated by Francophone countries, South Sudan, and a large continuous area in Southern Africa and the African Great Lakes.