Africa led the way to the first rise of deadly airliner crashes in a decade, followed by Brazil and Southeast Asia, an international aviation trade group said Thursday."The problem is still Africa, and ... it's a problem of resources and a lack of political will," IATA Director General and Chief Executive Giovanni Bisignani said. "You have many airlines that do not meet (certain safety) standards, and you have governments who are not taking safety seriously." Africa remained the most dangerous region in which to fly, with 4.09 accidents per million flights — down modestly from the previous year. North America, Europe, and the countries of the former Soviet Union had the lowest accident rates last year.