From Gaza to Sudan, Number of Global Armed Conflicts Reach New Post-WWII High

The world saw the highest number of state-based conflicts last year since the end of World War II, as fighting raged in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and other areas. That's the finding of a new report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Siri Rustad, research director at the Norwegian think tank, tells Democracy Now! that it's a worrying trend. The three past years are the three most violent years since the Cold War," she says.