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Data on employment misleading

Cited as the unfortunate link between its citizens and increasing poverty levels, the national debt burden and radicalisation, -unemployment has long been a concern many developing countries are trying to address.

The tangible successes, however, have remained somewhat elusive.
I have cited these statistics so many times that my readers must know them off the top of their heads by now. Youth on the continent are hardest hit by unemployment, and as a consequence more vulnerable to being taken advantage of.

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