#Jamaat Nusrat AlIslam wal Muslimeen (JNIM)

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Global Terrorism Index 2024.

Deaths from terrorism rose to 8,352 in 2023, a 22 per cent increase from the prior year. The number of terrorist attacks decreased to 3,350 in 2023, a reduction of 23 per cent from the 4,321 attacks in 2022. Terrorism deaths fell by 519 in Afghanistan in 2023, an 81 per cent improvement. This is the first year since 2019 that Afghanistan has not been the country most impacted by terrorism. Terrorism attacks became more deadly in 2023 with 2.5 deaths per attack compared to 1.6 in 2022. Iraq is no longer amongst the ten countries most impacted by terrorism, with total deaths falling 65 per cent in the past year. Prior to 2023, Iraq had been ranked in the top ten every year since the inception of the index. Burkina Faso became the country with the highest impact from terrorism for the first time, with deaths from terrorism increasing by 68 per cent to 1,907. A quarter of all terrorism deaths occurring globally were in Burkina Faso. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the most impacted region by terrorism in 2023 followed by the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Within sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel is the most affected region, accounting for almost half of all deaths from terrorism and 26 per cent of attacks in 2023. Five of the ten countries most impacted by terrorism are in the Sahel region. Israel had the largest increase in terrorism deaths, increasing from 24 to 1,210 deaths. The attack in Israel by Hamas was the single largest terrorist attack since the inception of the GTI, the biggest since 9/11 and one of the largest terrorist attacks in history. Islamic State (IS) and its affiliates remained the world’s deadliest terrorist group in 2023, despite deaths attributed to the group and its affiliates declining by 17 per cent from 1,963 to 1,636 deaths. The four terrorist groups responsible for the most deaths in 2023 were Islamic State (IS), Hamas, Jamaat Nusrat AlIslam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) and Al-Shabaab. Of the 3,350 terrorist attacks recorded in 2023, 54 per cent were attributed to a group. This compares to 48 per cent in 2022 and 45 per cent in 2021. The countries with the highest number of attacks not attributed to a group were Myanmar, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Pakistan. IS in Syria is the most active it has been in ten years, with attacks rising by 4 per cent to 224 in 2023. Conflict remains the primary driver of terrorist activity. Over 90 per cent of terror attacks in 2023 occurred in conflict zones.