Category: Africa

Liberia Population 2014

Liberia 2014

Yearbook 2014 Liberia. According to Countryaah.com, Liberia population in 2020 is estimated at 5,057,692. Liberia was one of the countries in West Africa that was most severely affected by the ebola outbreak that began...

Lesotho Population 2014

Lesotho 2014

Yearbook 2014 Lesotho. According to Countryaah.com, Lesotho population in 2020 is estimated at 2,142,260. Severe contradictions between Prime Minister Tom Thabane and other parties in the government coalition characterized the year. A serious crisis...

Kenya Population 2014

Kenya 2014

Kenya is a country located in East Africa on the Indian Ocean. It has a population of approximately 51 million people and is the 29th largest country in the world by area. Kenya has...

Ivory Coast Population 2014

Ivory Coast 2014

Yearbook 2014 Ivory Coast. In March, the government decided that the former youth minister and leader of the Young Patriot militia group, Charles Blé Goudé, should be extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Guinea Bissau Population 2014

Guinea-Bissau 2014

Yearbook 2014 Guinea Bissau. During the year, Guinea-Bissau went to election for the first time since the military coup in 2012. The return to democratic rule is expected to have a positive effect on...

Guinea Population 2014

Guinea 2014

Yearbook 2014 Guinea. In March, an epidemic of Ebola fever was found in rural areas in southeastern Guinea. According to Countryaah.com, Guinea population in 2020 is estimated at 13,132,806. The infectious and fatal disease,...

Ghana Population 2014

Ghana 2014

Yearbook 2014 Ghana. During the year, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan country to reach the UN Millennium Development Goal by halving extreme poverty by 2015. However, a large proportion of the population lives in...

Gambia Population 2014

Gambia 2014

Yearbook 2014 The Gambia. In March, the country’s president Yahya Jammeh said that English should no longer be the official language of the former British colony. None of the domestic languages, of which Malinke...

Gabon Population 2014

Gabon 2014

Yearbook 2014 Gabon. In January, President Ali Ben Bongo appointed Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Daniel Ona Ondo as Prime Minister. Ondo has previously served as Minister of Education and Culture. Although presidential elections...

Ethiopia Population 2014

Ethiopia 2014

Yearbook 2014 Ethiopia. According to Countryaah.com, Ethiopia population in 2020 is estimated at 114,963,599. Ethiopia was affected by the civil war in South Sudan, and the government hosted negotiations on a ceasefire in the...

Eswatini Population 2014

Eswatini 2014

Yearbook 2014 Swaziland. A funeral vigil for an opposition politician in January passed in protest against the regime’s repression, a demonstration reminiscent of how funerals were used in the fight against apartheid in South...

Eritrea Population 2014

Eritrea 2014

Yearbook 2014 Eritrea. According to Countryaah.com, Eritrea population in 2020 is estimated at 3,546,432. The regime’s severe repression received increased international attention during the year. Eritrea was described as Africa’s North Korea, and the...

Equatorial Guinea Population 2014

Equatorial Guinea 2014

Yearbook 2014 Equatorial Guinea. In March, French authorities indicted Vice President Teodorin Nguema Obiang for suspected money laundering. Obiang, the son of the country’s president, denies the charges. The investigation has been going on...

Egypt Population 2014

Egypt 2014

Egypt is a transcontinental country located in the northeast corner of Africa and the southwest corner of Asia, spanning an area of approximately 1,010,000 km2. It is bordered by Libya to the west, Sudan...

Djibouti Population 2014

Djibouti 2014

Yearbook 2014 Djibouti. In May, Djibouti was subjected to a suicide bombing targeting the Western military for the first time. Three were killed and around 15 injured in the attack on a restaurant, among...

Democratic Republic of The Congo Population 2014

Democratic Republic of the Congo 2014

Yearbook 2014 Congo. The explosive situation in eastern Congo (Kinshasa) continued during the year. Among the biggest threats to peace were the Ugandan guerrilla Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which was believed to be responsible...

Comoros Population 2014

Comoros 2014

Yearbook 2014 Comoros. A senior official at the Kuwait Ministry of the Interior announced in November that tens of thousands of bidongs, that is, the country’s stateless population, could be offered citizenship in the...

Chad Population 2014

Chad 2014

Yearbook 2014 Chad. According to Countryaah.com, Chad population in 2020 is estimated at 16,425,875. Chad was affected during the year by the violence in the Central African Republic. As thousands of Chadians were evacuated...

Central African Republic Population 2014

Central African Republic 2014

Yearbook 2014 Central African Republic. According to Countryaah.com, Central African Republic population in 2020 is estimated at 4,829,778. The violence between the predominantly Muslim former rebel movement Séléka and Christian militia groups called anti-Balaka...

Cameroon Population 2014

Cameroon 2014

Yearbook 2014 Cameroon. According to Countryaah.com, Cameroon population in 2020 is estimated at 26,545,874. The situation in the country was greatly affected during the year by events in neighboring Nigeria and the Central African...

Cabo Verde Population 2014

Cabo Verde 2014

Yearbook 2014 Cape Verde. On a visit to Cape Verde, Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner responsible for development and development assistance, announced that the European Union will spend EUR 55 million on, among other things,...

Burundi Population 2014

Burundi 2014

Yearbook 2014 Burundi. According to Countryaah.com, Burundi population in 2020 is estimated at 11,890,795. Political tensions increased during the year ahead of the parliamentary and presidential elections, which are running in 2015. The hut-dominated...

Burkina Faso Population 2014

Burkina Faso 2014

Yearbook 2014 Burkina Faso. The year was marked by President Blaise Compaore’s attempt to push through a constitutional amendment that would allow him to be re-elected for additional terms of office, despite already serving...

Botswana Population 2014

Botswana 2014

Yearbook 2014 Botswana. According to Countryaah.com, Botswana population in 2020 is estimated at 2,351,638. Botswana’s old reputation as a respected democracy was further weakened during the year with growing accusations against President Ian Khama’s...

Benin Population 2014

Benin 2014

Yearbook 2014 Benin. According to Countryaah.com, Benin population in 2020 is estimated at 12,123,211. President Thomas Boni Yayi reformed the government in August. He replaced other finance and defense ministers. The new ministers were...

Angola Population 2014

Angola 2014

Yearbook 2014 Angola. President José Eduardo dos Santos made his first state visit to France in two decades, a mark of improved relations with Paris. The French oil company Total is the largest operator...

Algeria Population 2014

Algeria 2014

Yearbook 2014 Algeria. During the spring, presidential elections were held in Algeria, which has been ruled by the 77-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika since the 1990s. Before the election, the country’s opposition called for boycott because...

Africa Pre-colonial literature

Africa Literature

African literature can be roughly divided into pre-colonial literature, colonial literature and post-colonial literature. Pre-colonial literature Scripture literature in sub-Saharan Africa has a long history associated with the spread of Christianity and Islam. In...