The World - News from April 5, 1989
About 750,000 children in southern Africa die each year before the age of 5 from the effects of poverty, war and racial politics, according to a report by the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The report, “Children on the Frontline,” said the deaths of about 150,000 children each year in the region are caused specifically by conflicts, particularly in Angola and Mozambique. The report was drafted by eight experts on economic, medical and political aspects of the region. It covers the plight of children in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which have a total population of about 70 million.
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