An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...

Out of 54 African countries, just five are responsible for half of the continent’s GDP. Standing at $2.8 trillion (£2.1 trillion) in 2024, Africa’s GDP is far from distributed evenly.

To develop the map, researchers used computer modeling techniques that incorporated 11 predictive variables and strontium isotope data from more than 2,000 samples collected across the African ... 24 ...