Algeria is divided into 48 wilayas (provinces), 547 daïras (circles; see Districts of Algeria) and 1541 baladiyahs (municipalities, in French: commune). The capital city of a baladiyah, daïra, or province (which is also the largest city of those) always gives those entities their name, even Algiers, the capital of the country gave it its name […]
Africa is the world’s second largest and second most-populous continent (the first being Asia in both categories). At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area Currently, there are between 47 and 55 countries on the continent […]
Yahya Jammeh has ruled Gambia, one of Africa’s smallest countries, for the past 22 years from 1994, and still desires strongly to rule more, but this time failed as President-elect Adama Barrow won during a recent shock election. His 22 years iron fist rule got the public wondering about how much his net worth is, only to find […]