Africa: Trauma Tax is Africa’s Hidden Economic Burden

[allAfrica] As 2026 opens, conflict remains a permanent global condition, not an exception. More than 185,000 political violence events were recorded in 2025, directly exposing 831 million people–16% of humanity–to violence. The new year has brought no respite: Venezuela’s government collapsed in a U.S. military operation, Russia deployed hypersonic missiles near Ukraine’s NATO border, and Sudan marked its 1,000th day of war.

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