The world at war: the flashpoints that the west ignores

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : The latter are accused of genocide in western Darfur region through the targeting of non-Arab communities, where killing and sexual violence are rife.
66% : Trump should be helping.
64% : "[Her] election took place against a backdrop of emerging and intensifying gang disputes, evidenced by an 18% increase in lethal clashes between non-state armed groups compared to 2023," Acled said.
55% : About 6.7 million vulnerable people need urgent assistance, the UN says.
54% : Sheinbaum pledged to address the social causes of cartel-related violence - a policy dubbed "hugs not bullets" - but recently took a tougher line, sending thousands of troops to violence-riven Sinaloa state.
50% : UN special envoy Hans Grundberg told the UN security council in January that regional stability depended in part on ending the conflict in Yemen, where the war against a Saudi-backed government-in-exile has raged since 2015.
49% : Overall, Iran executed more than 900 people last year, the UN says.
48% : The independent, non-profit organisation known as Acled (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data) compiles information and analysis to help track and reduce violent conflict.
46% : In Washington's last big intervention, Bill Clinton sent 20,000 troops in 1994 to restore order.
44% : One problem is the EU signed a strategic minerals deal with Rwanda last year, even though it knows some minerals are smuggled from Congo.
38% : UN missions have also come and gone.
36% : It estimates global conflict has doubled over the past five years, that incidents of political violence in 2024 were 25% up on 2023, and that one in eight people worldwide were exposed to conflict.
36% : While welcoming Assad's overthrow, the US, EU and Gulf states have been slow to take concrete steps to help, such as lifting sanctions and releasing funds.
29% : Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, is accused by the UN of arming and directing M23, and sending troops across the border, which he denies.
16% : Yet that is exactly what Donald Trump is doing in trying to bully Denmark into surrendering Greenland.

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