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Every 60 seconds in Africa, another minute passes…
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Africa is home to 1.1 billion people in 54 nations, speaking 2,000 languages. So why does it get generalised as all doom and gloom when 1 in 3 Africans are middle class?
Watch Mehdi Hasan (award-winning journalist, author, political commentator) give the world a much-needed Reality Check on this prosperous continent.
This video, from Al Jazeera’s UpFront series, cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom, highlight contradictions and uncover double standards.