Africa the riskiest place to be born: report

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A new report says more than 1 million babies die on the day they are born every year.

The 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa. The top five are Somalia, Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone and Central African Republic. Eighteen out of 1,000 babies in Somalia die the day they are born.

The report, "Surviving the First Day" from the aid group Save the Children, was released Tuesday. It says that many sub-Saharan countries have high rates...read more here: Africa the riskiest place to be born: report