The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It compares unfavourably with other African regions.

"Africa experiences the highest incidence of road traffic fatalities, with a rate of 19.5 deaths per 100,000 individuals, compared to 16 deaths per 100,000 in Southeast Asia and 6.5 deaths per ...

Africa's longest road spreads across 10 different countries and spans a whopping 6,000 miles all the way from the north to the south of the vast continent.. The Cairo-Cape Town Highway, also known ...

Africa's longest straight road was specifically designed that way for a reason that very few people realise. By Conor Wilson, News Reporter. 06:00, Sat, Nov 16, 2024. Share Article.

The Africa Finance Corporation study shows the continent has 680,000 kilometers of paved roads, just 10% of the total found in India, which has a similar population but one-tenth the land area.

Employees of Virginia-based engineer ECS are donating expertise to an Engineers Without Borders USA voluntary effort to upgrade a key road in Malawi, East Africa that often is impassable.

Road traffic death rates in the past decade have increased significantly in the African region, with almost 250 000 lives lost on the continent's roads in 2021 alone. Conversely, global rates fell ...

The US president said video of crosses on the road was evidence of the scale of attacks on white farmers. ... On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump. 22 May 2025.

Traffic-related fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for nearly one-fifth of road deaths globally in 2021, even though the region holds only 15 percent of the world’s population and only 3 ...