Know your Africa #Africa Month

 Rwanda is a landlocked East African country with a green, mountainous landscape. Its renowned Volcanoes National Park is home to mountain gorillas and golden monkeys.

President: Paul Kagame

Currency: Rwandan franc

Population: 12,21 million (2017) World Bank

Capital City: Kigali

Official Languages: French, English, Swahili, Kinyarwanda,

Saray Khumalo on top of the world

South African Saray Khumalo has reached the highest point on the planet becoming the first black African woman to scale Mount Everest, eNCA has reported.

The Johannesburg bases business executive reached the summit in the early hours of Thursday morning, this was Khumalo's fourth attempt in climbing Mount Everest.

Less than 5,000 people have scaled the peak since the first summit in 1953.Everest, the world's highest peak, is 8,848 metres above sea level.Cathy O'Dowd is the first South African woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.