sub-Saharan

[ suhb-suh-har-uhn, -hair-uhn, -hahr-uhn ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or in Africa south of the Sahara Desert:
a sub-Saharan country; sub-Saharan peoples.

sub-Saharan

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First recorded in 1960–65

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“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.

About one in three girls in sub-Saharan Africa experience sexual violence before turning 18.

This fate is unfortunately not rare for girls, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

A motley crew, to be sure: Islamic states, sub-Saharan Africa, China.

In sub-Saharan Africa, 400,000 to 500,000 people are at risk of contracting malaria.

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