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Algeria: 8 datasetsAngola: 8 datasetsBenin: 8 datasetsBotswana: 8 datasetsBurkina Faso: 8 datasetsBurundi: 8 datasetsCabo Verde: 8 datasetsCameroon: 10 datasetsCentral African Republic: 8 datasetsChad: 8 datasetsComoros: 8 datasetsCongo: 8 datasetsCôte d'Ivoire: 10 datasetsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 9 datasetsDjibouti: 8 datasetsEgypt: 10 datasetsEquatorial Guinea: 8 datasetsEritrea: 7 datasetsEswatini: 8 datasetsEthiopia: 10 datasetsGabon: 8 datasetsGambia: 8 datasetsGhana: 12 datasetsGuinea: 8 datasetsGuinea-Bissau: 8 datasetsKenya: 12 datasetsLesotho: 8 datasetsLiberia: 8 datasetsLibya: 7 datasetsMadagascar: 8 datasetsMalawi: 8 datasetsMali: 8 datasetsMauritania: 8 datasetsMauritius: 8 datasetsMorocco: 10 datasetsMozambique: 8 datasetsNamibia: 8 datasetsNiger: 8 datasetsNigeria: 12 datasetsRwanda: 10 datasetsSão Tomé and Príncipe: 8 datasetsSenegal: 10 datasetsSeychelles: 8 datasetsSierra Leone: 8 datasetsSomalia: 8 datasetsSouth Africa: 12 datasetsSouth Sudan: 8 datasetsSudan: 7 datasetsTanzania: 10 datasetsTogo: 8 datasetsTunisia: 8 datasetsUganda: 11 datasetsZambia: 10 datasetsZimbabwe: 8 datasets
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  1. NigeriaCBN grants JPMorgan approval to establish Merchant Bank in Nigeria10 outlets
  2. GhanaAdwoa Safo announces bid to contest NPP parliamentary primary in Dome-Kwabenya5 outlets
  3. KenyaKitui MCA arrested over alleged Nairobi CBD phone thefts4 outlets
  4. South AfricaTAXI-RANK DOUBLE MURDER - Bosses condemn Maitland shooting hours after Delft killings2 outlets
  5. UgandaMuseveni Commissions $53m military repair facility2 outlets

The story covered by the most national outlets in each country today. Tap a story to react. All 66 stories

Reader reactions, not scientific polls. Nigeria's reactions are collected on NigeriaPolls.

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  1. 1South AfricaUS$1.84
  2. 2SenegalUS$1.69
  3. 3CameroonUS$1.44

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  1. in 22 daysCabo VerdePresidential election, 15 Nov 2026
  2. in 42 daysGambiaPresidential election, 5 Dec 2026
  3. in 59 daysSouth SudanGeneral election, 22 Dec 2026
  4. in 84 daysNigeriaGeneral election, 16 Jan 2027
  5. in 168 daysGambiaParliamentary election, 10 Apr 2027

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Africa in four charts

Life expectancy65.8 yearsfor a child born in the middle African country in 2024, up 4 years since 2014World Bank, UN estimatesChild deaths49deaths before age five per 1,000 births in the middle country, down from 62 in 2014World Bank, UN estimatesPopulation1.49 billionpeople across the 54 countries in 2025, up 26% since 2015IMF World Economic OutlookTravel safety36of 54 countries carry the two lowest US travel advisory levelsUS State Department

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  3. YesterdayOffice holders and cabinets for 54 countries, each with its sourceGovernment directory
  4. This weekOfficial pump prices for 9 countries, taken from each regulatorFuel prices
  5. This week126 elections tracked across 55 countriesElections calendar

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Life expectancy in Africa by country

A child born in Tunisia can expect to live 22.1 years longer than one born in Nigeria. All 54 countries, with women and men, child deaths and health spending.

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Life expectancy at birth, years, 2024

Highest

  1. Tunisia76.7
  2. Algeria76.5
  3. Seychelles76.3
  4. Cabo Verde76.2
  5. Morocco75.5

Lowest

  1. Nigeria54.6
  2. Chad55.2
  3. Central African Republic57.7
  4. South Sudan57.7
  5. Lesotho57.8

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (UN estimates).

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