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African roads among world’s deadliest
The United Nations says over a million people die on African roads every year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released statistics saying 1.35 million people die every year in road accidents on the African continent.
SADC leaders set to meet in Botswana to discuss possible military action in Mozambique
Robert Mugabe’s family is opposing an order to exhume and rebury his remains at national shrine.
(Picture:Traffic in Brazzaville: Credit: WHOAFRO/Marta Villa)
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