WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Sudd: World’s largest protected swamp area
21-09-2022
(WorldKings.org) Currently being considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Sudd is home to a vast array of flora and fauna, including endangered African elephants, an endangered antelope known as the Nile lechwe, and the critically endangered shoebill.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – People's Square: Home to world's tallest flagpole
15-09-2022
(WorldKings.org) People's Square in the NAC has the world's tallest flagpole and the memorial of Egypt's martyrs having the ancient Egyptian style. The flagpole is 201.952 m high and was completed in 26 December 2021.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Biete Medhane Alem: World's largest monolithic rock-hewn church
21-07-2022
(WorldKings.org) Biete Medhane Alem is the largest monolithic rock-hewn church in the world, measuring 33.5m by 23.5m and is more than 11.5m high.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Tugela Falls: World's tallest multi-tier waterfall
08-07-2022
(WorldKings.org) Tugela Falls is a complex of seasonal waterfalls located in the Drakensberg (Dragon's Mountains) of Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – El Mahrousa: Oldest active super yacht in the world
28-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) El Mahrousa was built by the British ship building firm Samuda Brothers in 1863. On 6 August 2015, the ship was used to inaugurate the New Suez Canal.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – FlipFlopi: World’s first sailing boat made entirely from plastic waste and flip-flops collected from ocean
02-03-2022
(WorldKings.org) The rainbow-colored FlipFlopi dhow is 9 meters long and made from discarded plastics picked up during regular clean-ups of the ocean. Its first voyage from the Kenyan island of Lamu to Stone Town is in Zanzibar, Tanzania in 2019.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - African Records Institute (AFRI) – African pygmy squirrel: World's smallest squirrel spieces
17-02-2022
(WorldKings.org) African pygmy squirrel is the world's smallest squirrel. The standard adult mass is only 16.5 grams.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Brookesia nana: World’s smallest reptile
17-01-2022
(WorldKings.org) Adult males measure 22 mm in total length, while females are slightly larger at 29 mm.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) - Lesotho: World's most elevated country
15-01-2022
(WorldKings.org) It is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 metres in elevation. Its lowest point of 1,400 metres is thus the highest lowest point of any country in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Kristall Galerie: House the world’s largest quartz crystal cluster
12-01-2022
(WorldKings.org) The world's largest quartz cluster weighs 14,100 kg and took three years to excavate and remove.
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