Behind the Numbers

African countries with the lowest fuel pump price per litre:

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝐁 → 𝟓𝐁)

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:

𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝐁 → 𝟐𝐁

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟑𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝐁 → 𝟑𝐁

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝟒𝐁

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝟓𝐁

CR: Worldometers

World Population Forecast (2030-2050).

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Top 10 Richest Black people in the world:

Credit: United Africa

Source: Forbes

World Population from 1960.

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𝗔𝗳𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿:

17.4 million people projected to face acute food insecurity, the largest bar among the human‑impact metrics.

4.7 million at emergency hunger levels, a severe subset of the above.

5 million women and children projected to face malnutrition in 2026.

6 million people WFP aims to reach with winter food assistance.

US$386 million required, plotted on the same chart to highlight the scale of the funding need.

Credit: World Food Programme

Top 10 Countries with the Most Lakes!

After H.E. Peter Obi’s Labour Party stunned the capital with more than 280,000 votes in 2023, Abuja heads into this Saturday’s local government election, 21 February 2026, under a charged political atmosphere. And with Obi now aligned with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the race takes on an entirely new level of intrigue, raising fresh questions about how the capital’s political landscape may shift.

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟬 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲):

African countries ranked by life expectancy (2026)

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