The death toll from global conflicts surged by almost a third last year, according to a new report.
In the 20 deadliest conflicts last year, 163,562 people died compared to 126,994 in 2013. Syria remained the world’s most bloody war zone, with over three times more deaths recorded than in Iraq, which ranked second. Nigeria’s conflict death toll almost tripled from 2013 to 2014 as Boko Haram gained ground in northern Nigeria.
The figures were announced by American thinktank, the Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21), who analysed data sources including the UN, the U.S. military, Syrian Observatory of …read more
Source: Newsweek
