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I have found a free version of the source, [1], and page 218 does say that. It in turn is sourced to an affidavit of an Ethopian officer, in connection with investigation into Italian war crimes. But according to our (cited) article, the highest average daily maximum temperature in all of Africa was in Ethiopia, at 106 F, 41.1 C. Kablammo (talk) 15:59, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I deleted the claim, leaving in the rest of the sentence about conditions there, including prevalence of sunstroke. I could find maximum temperatures in Ethiopia of 120 or 121 degrees F, but nothing to support averages near that level. The fact that an affidavit is cited in another source does not make the claim itself reliable. Kablammo (talk) 20:16, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]