• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What happened in that belt sweeping the nations in Africa from south-central to the eastern side? 40%+ improvement is wild. I assume life expectancy was originally very low due to…wars? Disease? Famine? All of the above? And some improvement in stability or medical availability contributed to this?