7 of top 10 in annual ‘Failed States Index’ from sub-Saharan Africa
June 23rd, 2008 | EthioPolitics.com |
Ethiopia number 16 on the Failed States Index List
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Seven of the world’s 10 most dysfunctional countries are in sub-Saharan Africa, an annual survey released Monday says. The state of most of the seven is due largely to continuing mayhem either in Somalia or in Sudan’s Darfur region.
The top 10, in order, are Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Chad, Iraq, Congo, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Pakistan and the Central African Republic. Other African countries in the top 20 are Guinea, 11; Ethiopia and Uganda, tied for 16; and Nigeria, 18.
Somalia was at the top of the listing of states most at risk of failure. “In many ways, Somalia has failed already as the unpopular transitional government lacks control of the streets of Mogadishu — much less the rest of the country,” the list’s compilers wrote.
The only non-African country in the first 5 of the “Failed States Index” was No. 5, Iraq. The compilers said Iraq ranked so high because of the U.S. military surge in 2007. “The gains that one might hope for — those that reflect fundamental, long-term changes — did not occur,” the compilers said.
Also, for the first time, Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank slipped into the index’s top 60 at No. 58, just behind Angola and Georgia. Israel itself is stable and strong, but it remains responsible for the Palestinians, and “deep divisions still linger under the surface,” the authors wrote.
The index uses 12 social, economic, political, and military indicators to rank 177 states in order of their vulnerability to violent internal conflict and the deterioration of their civil society. It is compiled annually by the independent magazine Foreign Policy and Fund for Peace, an independent research organization.
Somalia, at the tip of the Horn of Africa, has been without a functioning central government since warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Their ensuing conflict remains unsettled, and conditions have slipped steadily downward.
2 Responses to “7 of top 10 in annual ‘Failed States Index’ from sub-Saharan Africa”
By Dr. Abuseyaf on Jun 23, 2008 | Reply
THIS IS TO DEFAME ETHIOPIA
By adinew on Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
Dr abu
Revealing the fact is defamation for the likes of you. You and your corrupt gang at Menilik palace are all responsible for the situation the country is in today. I wonder how you happen to carry that title when you are incapable of differntiating and absorbing facts.
shame on you DOCTORE.