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Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
1821 →. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 was unanimously adopted on 19 June 2008. It condemns the use of sexual violence as a tool of war, and declares that “rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide”.
The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties).. The W column gives a basic description of the weapons used:
The 2008 Burkina Faso protests was rioting and violent mass demonstrations against food prices hikes in Burkina Faso in 2008, leading to the deaths of 3 demonstrators, who stormed government buildings amid drought and violence with troops. 7 days of protests and violent resistant explosions occurred in Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso, where demonstrators clashed with government troops demanding ...
The Worldwide Atrocities Dataset has been referenced in academic research on the impact of climate change on violence in Africa. [3] It has also been referenced alongside the ACLED dataset and the Peacekeeping Operations Locations and Event Dataset in a paper on the geography of conflict by Wiedmann and Kuse (2009).
List of ongoing armed conflicts. Appearance. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
Kosovo is Serbia rally on February 21, 2008 in Belgrade SRS supporters demonstrating against Kosovo's declaration of independence, Belgrade, 2008. On February 21, a very large demonstration called Kosovo is Serbia (Косово је Србија, Kosovo je Srbija) was held in Belgrade in front of the Parliament organized by the Serbian government, with up to hundreds of thousands people ...
This incident was the deadliest event on French soil since World War II. [139] 137 416 Iraq: November 13 Suicide attack at a Shia funeral. [140] 21 Philippines: November 17 A Malaysian national was beheaded by Abu Sayyaf. [141] 1 Nigeria: November 17 A suicide attack at a market in Yola blamed on Boko Haram. [142] 30+ 80+ Bosnia and Herzegovina ...