The dashboard was developed by NYU CIC’s Peacebuilding & Prevention program, Conflict Prevention at the United Nations.
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Football is heavily influenced by politics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For example, this past February, Congolese stadiums were not approved by the Confederation of African Football, except for the stadium of TP Mazembe, owned by opposition politician Moïse Katumbi, in Lubumbashi. Some soccer clubs, led by politicians close to the government and involved in continental competitions, have refused to play at TP Mazembe's stadium, which belongs to a rival in both sports and politics.
When Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago, there were immediate concerns about the effects on food and energy security, and on geopolitical alignment in other countries. The world was right to be concerned, but the repercussions have been much wider and deeper than many predicted.
The double shock of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by an uptick in income and social inequalities. Looking across six areas—food and fuel shortages, inflation, debt distress, extreme climate-related events, and political unrest—there are very few countries that escape the reach of at least one crisis. New research from the Pathfinders team shows that in those countries for which complete data exists across six crises (90 in total), eight countries are at risk for being impacted by all crises at the same time. 72 out of these 90 countries (or 80 percent) are at high or moderate risk of suffering from at least three crises at the same time.
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