Africa Factbook

How chocolate is killing African tropical forests so choose your chocolate candy wisely.  The chocolate the world loves to eat, has a big secret. As global demand for chocolate explodes, despite efforts to slow tropical deforestation, the equivalent of 40 football fields of trees was lost every minute in 2017. Tropical forests are home to half the Earth's species, and their trees are an immense standing reservoir of carbon. Tropical forest trees, like all green plants, take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis. Cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate bars, has driven deforestation in West Africa.   Chocolate industry dirty little secret in Africa How chocolate is killing African tropical forests and who cares Fires, droughts, and tropical storms are also playing an increasing role in forest loss, especially as climate change makes them more frequent and severe, according to the UN report. The regions that lost the most forest in 2017 were in Latin America, S

List of the largest ethnic group in each African Country. An ethnic group is a category of people who belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country. People who identify with each other based on similarities, such as common ancestral, language, social, and cultural experiences. Learning at a refugee camp in East Africa Some believe belonging to an ethnic group does not come from individual choice but others impose ethnicity. Race is associated with biology, whereas ethnicity is associated with culture. Therefore, an ethnic group is a subjective category based on personal feelings, tastes, or opinions of others.   Largest Ethnic Groups in every African Country 2006-2016 CIA census reports African Country Largest Ethnic Group Algeria Arab-Berber 99% Angola Ovimbundu 37% Benin Fon and related 38.4% Botswana Setswana  79% Burkina Faso Mossi