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Report: Quarter of world population to be Africans by 2050

NAIROBI, KENYA: Africans will count for a quarter of the world population in 35 years from now, a United Nations agency report has revealed.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) demographics report states that Africa will be home to two out of five children in the world by 2050 which will translate to 25 out of 100 people living in the world being Africans.

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