Africa is a continent which covers 30.3 million km2/11.7 million mi2, stretching across the equator from roughly 37°N to 34°S latitude, and from 52°E to 17°W longitude. — By Michael Sutherland Africa is a continent which covers 30.3 million km2/11.7 million mi2, stretching across the equator from roughly 37°N to 34°S latitude, and from 52°E to 17°W longitude. 1.3 billion people, about 16% of the planet’s total population, live there. It forms the southern coast of the Mediterranean…