Sudan leads Africa with 14 coup attempts since 1960, Burkina Faso turned 9 of its 10 into takeovers, and 7 of the top 10 are ...

Sub-Saharan Africa holds 563 million of the 655 million people worldwide without electricity, 86% of the global total. In ...

Sudan is the second least peaceful country on Earth, and four of the world's ten least peaceful are African. Nigeria, the ...

Ethiopia fields Africa's largest army with 503,000 active soldiers, ahead of Egypt's 438,500. The top 10 total 2.81 million ...

Sending $200 to Sub-Saharan Africa costs 8.46% on average, $16.92 of every $200. It is the highest price of any region in the ...

The Hutu of Rwanda and Burundi have produced 11 presidents since independence, more than any other African tribe. The Akan ...

Seychelles leads Africa with access to 155 destinations in the Henley Passport Index, October 2026. South Africa is the only ...

Who has the most beautiful women in Africa? Beauty is subjective, so we ranked recognition instead. Our Global Recognition ...

Egypt received $41.5 billion in 2025, more than ranks 3 to 10 combined, as Africa's diaspora sent home $124 billion. Here are ...

Size alone does not rule Africa. Our first Power Index scores 15 of the continent's biggest ethnic groups on population, ...

The Yoruba rank first on the African Exponent Scholarly Achievement Index with 86 points out of 100, two points ahead of the Igbo on 84. Intelligence is not inherited from any ethnic group, and no ...

Nigeria is the largest sub-Saharan African diaspora community in the United States, with 533,000 people born in Nigeria living in the U.S. in 2024. That is 21.2 percent of all sub-Saharan African ...