Tag: Global Peace Index
Sub-Saharan Africa becoming less peaceful, new report reveals
Sub-Saharan Africa is the second least peaceful region of the world behind the Middle East and North Africa, with three of the ten least...
Middle East and North Africa continues to be the world’s least...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains the least peaceful region of the world – a ranking it has held for nine...
World continues to be less peaceful, with conflict greatest since post-WWII...
The average level of global peacefulness had deteriorated once again, with 56 active conflicts raging around the world – the most since the end...
South Africa more violent as global peace levels continue to deteriorate
The 17th edition of the just released annual global peace index (GPI) reveals the average level of global peacefulness deteriorated for the ninth consecutive...
Peacefulness decreases slightly in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded a slight fall in peacefulness over the last year according to the latest Global Peace Index (GPI) report, produced by the...
Slight deterioration in global peace index
Global peacefulness deteriorated by a very small margin (.07%) over the past year – the smallest change since 2011 as more countries recorded an...
Civil unrest on the rise globally
Global civil unrest is on the rise, as every region of the world has experienced hundreds of civil unrest events over the last decade,...
World becoming more peaceful for the first time in five years
The average level of global peacefulness improved for the first time in five years, with large improvements shown by Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda and Ukraine,...
Global Peace Index shows world is becoming less peaceful
The 2018 Global Peace Index report has revealed that the world is less peaceful now than at any time in the last...
Global violence worsens, driven by Middle East conflicts
The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more...
Poverty, inequality driving violence in South Africa
Conflict in South Africa over the past five years has been driven by poverty, inequality, and the slow pace of reform by...
World peace declining after long post-WW II improvement
World peace has deteriorated steadily over the last seven years, with wars, militant attacks and crime reversing six earlier decades of gradual...
