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Beckham in Africa

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David Beckham reminded the world not to ignore the deaths of tens of thousands of children during a visit to Sierra Leone in his capacity as a goodwill ambassador for Unicef. Sierra Leone has the highest child-mortality rate with 270 deaths per 1,000 births. Angola is second with 260 deaths and this is followed by Afghanistan with 257.Africa struggles. The UN Children's Fund estimates more than 26,000 of the world's children under age five die each day.

Posted by Anish on January 25, 2008 12:29 AM |

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