Niger (Africa) has the world's highest fertility rate - 7.1 children per mother.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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More people in Africa speak French than in France itself.
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More than 30 African nations have more cell phones than land lines.
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