Sunday, November 28, 2010

Africa's cities to triple in size

The number of people living in African cities will triple over the next 40 years and by 2050 60% of Africans will be city dwellers, a UN report has said.

In five years Lagos in Nigeria is set to overtake the Egyptian capital Cairo as Africa's biggest city.

UN-Habitat's Joan Clos said Africa needed to invest urgently in housing.

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