POVERTY
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75% of the poorest countries in the world are African countries.
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The countries with the highest levels of extreme poverty* are located in Sub-Saharan Africa.
*The state of living with 1,06€ per day.
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One third of all Sub-Saharan Africans are undernourished. 40% of Africans struggle
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More than 550 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity.
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More than 730 million people lack access to clean water in the world. 30% of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Sub-Saharan Africa misses out every year on 25,5 billion euros of productivity worth due to water and sanitation problems.
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18 million Africans are at risk of leaving their countries due to violence, conflict and abuses to human rights.
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Less than 20% of African women have access to education.
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Uneducated African women are twice as likely to fall victim of AIDS in their lifetime.
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Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are 230 times more likely to die at childbirth or during pregnancy than any North American women.
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Women in Sub-Saharan Africa are 230 times more likely to die at childbirth or during pregnancy than any North American women.
This represented 1 in 16 African women against 1 in 4000 women in North America.
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More than one million people* in Africa die from Malaria every year. 90% of global deaths from Malaria take place in Africa.
*Mostly children under the age of 5 years old.