Conflicts around the globe hit highest levels since World War II, new report says

The new report by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program said the massacres in El Fasher pushed one-sided violence in Africa to its highest levels since the Rwandan genocide in 1994. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Researchers who study global conflicts say there were more direct confrontations between states last year than at any point since the second world war. That finding is from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program in Sweden. Civilian harm also reached record highs last year. …