- Boko Haram killings has reduced in Nigeria by 80 percent according to a new report
- Nigeria, however, occupied the same ranking in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, it was ranked fourth and it still remained third most terrorised country
- Iraq and Afghanistan also have their rankings unchanged in the past three years
The Institute for Economics & Peace has released the 2017 Global Terrorism Index, GTI.
The GTI monitored and measured impacts of terrorism in 163 countries, which covers 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.
And for the third year running, Nigeria remains the third most terrorised nation in the world.
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It occupied the same ranking in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, it was ranked fourth.
However, the report said that the largest improvement in 2016 as far as terrorism is concerned occurred in Nigeria “where terrorism deaths attributed to Boko Haram decreased by 80 per cent”.
“Nigeria recorded the biggest decrease in terrorism with 3,100 fewer people killed compared to 2015.
“This reflects both the success of the Multinational Joint Task Force against Boko Haram as well as fractures within the group.
“Boko Haram’s decline also contributed to significant reductions in deaths in neighbouring countries with Cameroon, Chad and Niger collectively recording a 75 per cent reduction in deaths or over 1,000 fewer deaths,” the report said.
Iraq and Afghanistan also have their rankings unchanged in the past three years. The two countries are ranked first and second respectively in the 2017 GTI.
According to the report, countries that fell within the first ten are Syria on fourth; Pakistan on fifth; Yemen on sixth; and Somalia, seventh.
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India, Turkey, and Libya are ranked eighth, ninth and 10th respectively.
This year’s report was launched on Wednesday, November 15, in nine major cities across the world, including London, Paris, Washington D.C, and Brussels.
Source: Naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Wednesday 15 November 2017