An illegal psychoactive drug, Cannabis which is popularly known as marijuana was the most widely used substance in Nigeria in 2018, followed by pharmaceutical opioids, mainly tramadol and codeine-containing cough syrups.
In Nigeria, 14.3 million people (14 percent of the...
A study published yesterday suggests that Women deprived of an education in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s went on to have as many or more children than previous, more educated generations, thereby halting a trend toward smaller families.
The findings...
The US state of California has a larger gross domestic product than that of all African countries put together, a popular Twitter account claimed in January 2019.In a tweet to its nearly 900,000 followers The Spectator Index said the...
South Africa is the largest market for the sale of illicit drugs in sub-Sahara Africa. This is according to the United States’ Department of State to Congress 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy (INCS) Report.
The INCS report which was...
According to Corruption Perception Index, Only 5 African countries made tremendous progress in fighting corruption in 2018 and they are Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Gambia, Seychelles and Eritrea.
Africa is still struggling in its fight against corruption, cites the 2018 Corruption...
According to world bank, 736 million extreme poor live in five countries as at 2015. The countries are India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Bangladesh.The report also suggests that Nigeria is now the country with the poorest...
The nations of sub-Saharan Africa are still perceived on average to have the world's most corrupt governments, according to the latest index published by Transparency International (TI).
The Berlin-based organisation says in its annual report, released on Tuesday, that sub-Saharan...
Sub-Saharan Africa has been discovered, once again, to have the weakest average performance on the 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). No fewer than 16 of the Sub-Saharan African countries are on the bottom quartile of the index.
The Global...
During the Apartheid era, a powerful South Africa-based mercenary group intentionally tried to Infect South Africa's Black Population With Aids in the 1980s and 1990s, a former member of the group has claimed in a new documentary.
Alexander Jones said...
East African countries are working on measures to prevent Ebola virus outbreaks across borders after the World Health Organisation issued a warning of the virus spreading from Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
Nine neighbouring...
