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AFRICAN COUNTRY RESEARCH (One of your voice thread images should be a map of the country showing its location on the African continent). 48,782,756 10,400$  81.47 billion f. o. b  87.3 billion f. o. b  gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas Black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census) Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census) 21.7% //total:// 45.11 deaths/1,000 live births //male:// 49.47 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 40.65 deaths/1,000 live births //total population:// 48.89 years //male:// 49.63 years //female:// 48.15 years 86.4% 0.674
 * Name of country:** South Africa
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updated: 4/18/09 Studies show that South Africa has more people living with HIV/AIDS than any other country. South Africa has the sixth highest occurrence of HIV in the world. Once a child is diagnosed with this disease they have a higher chance of illness or death, unless they are successfully provided with the right treatments. HIV can damage a child's life in two main ways: directly on the child and on the community where the child is living. 170,000 kids are dying each year because of this horrible HIV/AIDS disease. Doctors and nurses are trying to cure the disease