SUB-SAHRAN AFRICA

RELIGION AND LANGUAGE

• Swahili, Lingala, and Zulu are the three main languages
• Christianity and Islam are the main religions

GOVERNMENT SYSTEM

• prodemocracy demonstrators have taken to the streets

over 70 percent of the people in Sub-Saharan Africa still lack basic civil liberties and human rights

ISSUE

• one in four pregnancy-related deaths are attributable to HIV

FACTS

• Average life expectancy is 46 years
• Crops do not grow well due to drought

OTHER PROBLEMS

• Worlds most food-insecure region
• drought, civil conflict, and economic decline threaten nearly 60 million of the region's 550 million people