TOP STORY: Borno remains worst hit as Nigeria improves by two places on global terrorism index | TheCable
The ranking comes as progress after the country moved two places away from the sixth position it occupied in the 2022 ratings.
It put the number of deaths that happened as a result of terrorism in Nigeria in 2022 at 385 – a fall of 23 percent from the previous year, which was 497.The report showed that though Nigeria is part of the 10 countries that accounted for 85 percent of all terrorism deaths in 2022, spatial dynamics of the attacks were shifting from northeastern Nigeria to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
GTI showed that all three attacks took place in Borno and two were carried out by Islamic State West Africa , while local media fingered Boko Haram for one.“The impact of terrorism continues to decline in Nigeria; with total deaths falling by 23 percent, decreasing from 497 in 2021 to 385 in 2022. The number of terrorist attacks in Nigeria also fell considerably, with 120 incidents recorded in 2022 compared to 214 in 2021.
“Attacks in the state also decreased from 91 to 48 respectively, a decrease of 47 percent. ISWAP is now the most prominent group inrecording 40 incidents that resulted in 168 deaths in 2022, compared to Boko Haram’s six incidents and 63 deaths.
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