![]() ![]() Authorities responded violently in places like Myanmar and Colombia, leading to a spike in demonstrator fatalities.Īs the world struggles to come to grips with a third year of the pandemic - as well as the potentially devastating consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - global insecurity is likely to only deepen and evolve throughout 2022 ( for more, see ACLED’s special report on 10 additional conflicts worry about). Where long wars ended, such as in Afghanistan, new risks have emerged for civilians.Īgainst this backdrop, social unrest continued to build during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a rise in demonstrations all around the world from rallies against public health restrictions to mass pro-democracy protest movements. Where conflict declined last year, fragile ceasefires often obscured the growing risk of escalation - now seen in Yemen and Ukraine. Civilians bore the brunt, with increases in both violence targeting civilians and civilian fatalities. Overall levels of political violence remained steady, while its lethality surged to new heights. Few conflicts ended in 2021, and many intensified.
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