#Violence

Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025

The number of internal displacements triggered by conflict or violence around the world reached a record high in 2025, surpassing the number of disaster-driven internal displacements for the first time. From DR Congo and Sudan to Iran and Lebanon, we see millions more displaced on top of the previous record numbers driven out of their homes,” he added. A chart showing a breakdown of recorded internal displacements globally by cause since 2009, with conflict driving an increasing number and proportion of internal displacements Internal displacements refer to each new instance that a person is forced to flee within the borders of their own country.

‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece

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World news | The Guardian•Mar 27

‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece

On the second floor of the Reina Sofía, in the very spot where Picasso’s Guernica was first exhibited when it arrived in the Madrid museum 34 years ago, there now hangs a smaller, near-namesake of the Spanish.

World•World news | The Guardian•Mar 19

Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell

Jihadist violence rose sharply in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo last year, even as global deaths from terrorism dropped to their lowest level in a decade, according to a new report. Nigeria recorded the largest increase in terrorism deaths globally in 2025, with fatalities rising by 46% from 513 in 2024 to 750, placing it fourth in the Global Terrorism Index, behind Pakistan, Burkina Faso and Niger. The assault comes after multiple suicide bombings on Monday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, that killed at least 23 and left more than 100 wounded.

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