16 Worst Places to Raise a Family

Luanda, Angola

A country that is rich in resources can still be a terrible place to grow up in. The African nation of Angola is teeming with oil, diamonds and millionaires, but due to deep-seated political corruption, businessmen are getting fat while children are suffering. Health care funding rarely seems to make it to its destination while medical staff is known to steal and sell donated supplies on the black market. One in five Angolan children don’t live to see their fifth birthday.

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