31-3-2019: TANZANIA remains
East Africa’s most peaceful and calm nation than most of the developed world
like France, the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK),
the report reveals.
The Global Peace Index
(GPI) 2018 report released this weekend by the Institute for Economic and Peace
(IEP), shows Tanzania improved by ranking 51, gaining three positions from 54
in 2017.
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| Four living Presidents of Tanzania |
The most powerful nation on
earth, USA is ranked 121st while the UK ranked 57, six positions
behind Tanzania. The UK dropped 16 positions compared to its 2017 rank. The study covers 163 independent nations and territories around the world.
This is good news for most Tanzanians
and Africa about the reality of their narrative compared to the Africa of the
Western media. Tanzania is one of the top five countries in Africa whose
economies is the fastest on the continent. The nation is a beacon of peace and
harmony in east and southern Africa.
Tanzania
also tops the East African Community member states ranking 9th in
African Continent. Other East African countries with their rankings in brackets
include Rwanda (103), Uganda (107) Kenya (123) Burundi (134) and South Sudan
(161).
This report reveals the
truth on the status of nations as most Africa nations were labeled as notorious
in killings and abductions as those in the West. The study
uses various indicators to determine which nations are the most dangerous, as well as
which are the most peaceful.
Why Not US and UK?
The UK
dropped 16 positions to what it was ranked in 2017 and the USA dropped 7
rankings on the same year. The two giant economies, despite seemingly positive
coverage by its global media, are understood to have high criminal records
creating poor conditions for internal peace.
According to the FBI, in
2018 there were 424,066 entries at the US National Crime
Information Centre (NCIC) for missing children. In 2017, the total number of
missing children entries into NCIC was 464,324 including abduction and non abduction cases.
During
the last 34 years, NCMEC’s national toll-free hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST® (1-800-843-5678),
has received more than 4.8 million calls.
In
1999, 800,000 there were reported missing of which 203,900 reported as victims
of family abductions and 58,200 of non-family abductions.
GunPolicy.org
estimates that in 2010 there were 3.78 guns per 100 people in the UK. In the US
the situation was worse. There were 101 guns per 100 people. In the UK, the
results has been roughly 50 to 60 gun deaths a year in England and Wales, which
have a population of 56 million.
According
to the report released in 2011 by the UK’s National Policing Improvement Agency
(NPIA), about 250,000 people go missing every year. Compared to the two
nations, cases of abductions in Tanzania are isolated but fewer, not even
quarter of those in the US and UK.
However,
those few and isolated cases of abductions in Tanzania and in the rest of
Africa, are promoted, overstated and blown out of proportions by the Western
media to portray what is purported as gross human rights violations.
The
abductions and killings in the United States and United Kingdom, making them
less peaceful than Tanzania and some other African countries are placed behind
the fewer cases occurring in Africa. The 51st ranking for Tanzania
presents an increase on its stability under President John Pombe Magufuli. In
2015 when he came into power, Tanzania was ranked 64th.
The IEP report qualifies
Tanzania in the top 10 most peaceful nations in Africa, occupying the ninth (9th)
slot ahead of Senegal which is 10th , ranking 53rd in a
the list. The report mentions the top five most peaceful nations in the world
include Iceland, New Zealand, Austria, Portugal and Denmark.
South Sudan, Libya, Somalia
and Central African Republic (CAR) ranked as the least peaceful nations on
earth. The GPI covers 99.7% of the world’s population, using 23 qualitative and
quantitative indicators from highly respected sources, and measures the state
of peace using three thematic domains.
The
domains are: the level of Societal Safety and Security; the extent of Ongoing
Domestic and International Conflict; and the degree of Militarization.
The
Global Peace Index 2018 report finds that the global level of peace has
deteriorated by 0.27% over the last year. This is the fourth successive year of
deterioration, finding that 92 countries have deteriorated, while 71 countries
have improved. Nations considered more peaceful have lower index scores.
IEP is an independent,
non-partisan dedicated to shifting the world's focus to peace as a positive,
achievable and tangible measure of human well-being and progress.
Ends
Congratulations to the nation of Tanzania. Well I must say that as one young African man I'm so motivated by the this!
ReplyDelete"GunPolicy.org estimates that in 2010 there were 3.78 guns per 100 people in the UK. In the US the situation was worse. There were 101 guns per 100 people. In the UK, the results has been roughly 50 to 60 gun deaths a year in England and Wales, which have a population of 56 million."
ReplyDeleteThe fact is that the states and nations with the most restrictive gun laws have taken the guns away from law abiding citizens (who are the ones who turn their guns in when ordered to) and the criminals are the only ones with the guns (Even the regular police in the UK do not carry guns). It is the criminals who are NOT going to obey orders to turn in their guns and thus the law abiding citizen is left unprotected. And, before you say "Well, the special (?) police have weapons," I would say, "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away." Finally, the reason that the US Constitution has the Second Amendment, is to keep the government in check so as to keep them from becoming tyrannical. Thus, I do not consider the situation "worse" in the US. I consider it far better than the rest of the world.