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79 million girls, women assaulted in sub-Saharan Africa: UNICEF

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. [AFP]

More than 79 million women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa have endured rape and sexual assault as children, according to data presented by UNICEF on Thursday.

The UN children's agency said newly collated data showed the region was among the worst places in the world to be a girl.

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