Mortality In 2005, this country, totally surrounded by South Africa, had the second highest crude death rate (25.39 per thousand), second only to nearby Botswana.
Inflation This countries inflation rate in 2012 was 79%, the highest in the world, and over twice the inflation rate of the country (ranked 4th) it recently gained independence from.
Africa Cup of Nations Titles Including the years when they were known as the United Arab Republic, this country has won the title a record 7 times. Ghana and Cameroon have won four titles each.
Pirates 'Captain Phillips,' “A Hijacking,” and the documentaries, “Stolen Seas,” and “The Project” have recently been released about the problem of piracy in this country.
Flowers This country's economy is the largest by GDP in East and Central Africa and next to tourism, exporting flowers (primarily to Europe) has become the second largest foreign exchange earning sector of that economy.
Rhodesian Giraffes The Rhodesian or Thornicroft giraffe is endemic to this country, its habitat is restricted to the Luangwa Valley.
Gun Control Despite recently toppling a brutal, 24-year dictatorship, and igniting the so-called Arab Spring, this country has the lowest firearm ownership rate in the world (one gun per thousand citizens, compared to America's 890).
Lemurs Lemurs are endemic to this island nation in the Indian Ocean.
Expensive Internet At $147.80 a month (for 20 hours, excluding phone charges) this is the country with the most expensive internet access on the continent. The country code is .cf.
Young People The youngest country in the world, with 77% of its population under 30. Makerere University, the first university in this country was established in 1988, and to date there are over 25 private and public universities.
Diamonds This country's Orapa mine is the largest diamond mine in the world in terms of value produced annually.
Wealth Inequality Although this country is classified as a lower middle-income country, it still has one of the most unequal distributions of income and wealth in the world. The standard of living for the majority of the population is more or less similar to that of those in other least developed countries.
Heat El Azizia's 'record' of 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C) in 1922 has been challenged to be erroneous, leaving Death Valley California as the record holder (1913: 134 degrees (56.7 degrees C)).
Not Spending On Military The navy is commanded by a captain, and the air force by a colonel. The army has a force of about 12,000, and intervened in neighboring Guinea-Bissau during their civil war in 1998 at the request of former President Vieira.
Killer Lakes Myths have it that the water of Lake Awing travels at night and anyone passing by it at a certain hour in the night will see lighted houses in the place of the water, though the sight is said to be rife with danger. Lake Nyos erupted about 20 years ago, releasing poisonous gas. Twin Lakes Muanenguba: Male lake is more dangerous, but the female lake is reputed to kill witches and others with evil intentions.
Sun-Tailed Monkeys This monkey, discovered in 1984, lives in the Foret des Abeilles (Forest of the bees) and in Lope Reserve.
National Parks and Wildlife This country boasts many national parks, including Gombe Stream National Park, the site of Dr. Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzee behaviour.
Malawisauruses The name of this sauropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period, should be enough of a hint.
Couscous In addition to this country, it is a staple food in Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya.
Middle Paleolithic Flake Tool Techniques Tools of this era, starting about 30,000 B.C., are called Aterian (after the site Bir el Ater, south of Annaba, in this country.)
Making Babies This country has both the highest infant mortality rate (248 per 1,000) and the highest fertility rate (7.03 births per woman) in the world.
Women in Parliament In 2008 this country's Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of parliament) became the first such body to be made up of more women than men.
Speaking Umbundu Umbundu is one of the two Bantu languages of this country. Speakers are known as Ovimbundu. Their homeland is the Central Highlands of this country and the coastal region west of these highlands, including the cities of Benguela and Lobito.
Ostriches The English are credited with being the first to tame and raise ostriches, outside Cape Town.
Employing Children 2001 survey found over 50% of youth, age 5 - 17, are engaged in productive work, and 35% engaged in housekeeping. Youth fair worst in Addis Ababa, where 'only' 70% of youth are working.
Malaria With 86 deaths per 100,000, this country beats out number two Angola by almost 30 per 100,000.
Illiteracy With a 28.7% literacy rate this country was actually tied with Niger for the lowest literacy rate in the world, until the independence of South Sudan (27%) propelled it into a tie for 2nd place.
Kulicoro Firefinches This bird, sharing its name with a western region of this country is found in rocky and grassy areas near Mopti and Bamako.
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate This lending rate is 30.0 % with a global rank of 4. Only Madagascar, Brazil, and Malawi have a higher rate.
Conserving Electricity This country, along with Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, consumes one watt of electricity per person per year.
Bad Drivers Roads in cities such as Contonou are in good condition, but have ill-defined speed bumps and gates intended to slow down traffic. Cabbies especially love to speed zig-zagging through the barriers to demonstrate their skills. But this country may be included because of a road between a similarly named city and Ore in Nigeria, which until recently was known as one of the busiest, worst, and most dangerous roads in Africa.
Yams This country is by far the world’s largest producer of yams, accounting for over 70–76 percent of the world production.
Saving Energy By energy intensity, or total energy consumption per unit GDP, as published by the World Resources Institute for the year 2003, given in units of tonnes of oil equivalent per million constant year 2000 international dollars, this country comes in 'first' at 30.5
Pygmy Chimpanzees Along with the common chimpanzee, pygmy chimpanzees, or Bonobos, are the closest relatives to humans. Bonobos are found only south of the Congo River and north of the Kasai River, and since chimpanzees are not good swimmers, this location may have led to their speciation.
Emperor Penguins Not in Africa, and not a country, but a continent. Emperor Penguins are endemic to the continent.
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