War, hunger and extremist violence around the world will intensify next year, a Geneva-based think-tank predicted in a new report.
The report published Thursday by ACAPS, a nonprofit that supports the global humanitarian sector with daily monitoring and analysis of 150 nations, examined the current humanitarian crises in 18 countries and the anticipated corresponding needs for 2018. The findings were grim.
"If 2017 did not look good, predictions for 2018 are no better: violence and insecurity are likely to deteriorate in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Ethiopia, Mali, Somalia and Syria next year," ACAPS director Lars Peter Nissen wrote in the report.
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Update: Expect more war, hunger, Islamist violence in 2018 -Geneva think-tank (Reuters)
WNU Editor: The full report is here .... Humanitarian Overview: An analysis of key crises into 2018 (ACAPS)
