Terrorism kills 20 times more in Africa than in Europe
Africa is a target of choice for terrorists, mainly Islamists. Since the beginning of the year, 343 attacks have claimed at least 2,600 victims, 22 times more than in Europe. Our infographics and map.
Terrorist violence is rampant almost daily in Africa. In the week following Mogadishu's unprecedented attack - nearly 360 deaths on 14 October - five new attacks were perpetrated on the continent.
In total, at least 2600 people were killed in 2017 in the region, according to a count of major attacks from 1 January.The comparison with a similar count in Europe shows the extent of terrorism in Africa.
On the European continent, 117 people died during the same period in the 35 incidents described as terrorist, including those related to the conflict in Ukraine: a record 22 times lower than in Africa.
![image showing People killed in terrorist attacks in 2017: Europe (Blue) vs Africa (Red) [OC]](03a26b90-1c7a-509d-b31b-dc7949c518d4.jpg)
canadian_eskimo on October 25th, 2017 at 09:00 UTC »
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Terrorism kills 20 times more in Africa than in Europe
Africa is a target of choice for terrorists, mainly Islamists. Since the beginning of the year, 343 attacks have claimed at least 2,600 victims, 22 times more than in Europe. Our infographics and map.
Terrorist violence is rampant almost daily in Africa. In the week following Mogadishu's unprecedented attack - nearly 360 deaths on 14 October - five new attacks were perpetrated on the continent.
In total, at least 2600 people were killed in 2017 in the region, according to a count of major attacks from 1 January.The comparison with a similar count in Europe shows the extent of terrorism in Africa.
On the European continent, 117 people died during the same period in the 35 incidents described as terrorist, including those related to the conflict in Ukraine: a record 22 times lower than in Africa.
KrisBook on October 25th, 2017 at 10:08 UTC »
What's the purpose of comparing Europe and Africa? Why not just go with the entire population?
https://i.imgur.com/yN1R6M0.png
Edit: I did not make this. It's an outdated infographic from The Washington Post.
drgonzo67 on October 25th, 2017 at 10:19 UTC »
Is this per capita or in absolute numbers? If the latter, what's the population size of Europe v. that of Africa?