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Sub-Saharan Africa saw the largest increase in terrorism deaths, rising by 8% from 2021. 60%, or 4,023, of all deaths from terrorism globally occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Four of the ten countries with the greatest deterioration in Global Terrorism Index (GTI) score are in sub-Saharan Africa: Tog...

Africa had an estimated total prison population of 1.19 million in 2022, according to the World Prison Population List 13th Edition, a data source maintained by the UK-based Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research. ...

The world’s deadliest terrorist groups in 2022 were Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates, followed by al-Shabaab (a Salafi-jihadist military and political organisation based in Somalia). ...

An estimated 5.7 out of every 100,000 women and girls were killed in Nigeria in 2016. This internationally comparable rate for deaths from interpersonal violence is more than twice the global average of 2.6. More: Five facts: Femicide in South Africa ...