AlertNet: A shortage of job opportunities has slowed migration from rural to urban areas in many parts of Africa over the last two decades, and has even reversed it in a few cases, an expert on African demography says.
But African cities will continue to grow, experts predict, because fertility rates among city dwellers are not declining as much as expected – one reason Africa’s population is set to more than double by 2050.
Contrary to expectations, countries like Ivory Coast, Mali, Zambia and Central…

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