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The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published its annual Global Competitiveness Report, which looks at dozens of measures of economic and institutional health to compile a ranking of countries.
The World's Most Dangerous Places is handbook of survival tactics for high-risk regions first published in 1994, written by National Geographic Adventure columnist Robert Young Pelton and his contributors. [2] The fifth edition was published in 2003. [3]
[5] [6] Among the top 7 most populous nations accounting for over half of the world's population and approximately half of the total GDP of the world, Indonesia ranks 48th overall on the Global Peace Index, China 88th, India 116th, Brazil 131st, the United States 132nd, [5] Pakistan 140th and Nigeria 147th. Findings of the 2024 GPI indicate a ...
The risk of a US-China war over Taiwan is real, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria writes, arguing that as tensions simmer, all sides must proceed with caution.
The World's Most Dangerous Places. Pelton's first major writing project was his self-published guide to conflict, The World's Most Dangerous Places. [39] The New York Times [40] described it as "One of the oddest and most fascinating travel books to appear in a long time". CNN called the book a "compendium of the world's frightful places." [41]
The world’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2025 have been revealed in a new study on security, health and climate change risks around the world. Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Central ...
Ghana is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. [2] The nonconsensual exploitation of Ghanaian citizens, particularly children , is more common than the trafficking of foreign migrants . [ 2 ]
According to the list, Nigeria is the most dangerous place to visit. The country places last due to extreme violence and terrorism with groups like Boko Haram running rampant in major regions of ...