Crises and Disasters in Muslim World Kill 108,000 People in 2014
The report, issued by Islamic Cooperation Humanitarian Affairs Department (ICHAD-OIC), showed that around 45 crises and disasters hit 27 Member States as well as countries like Myanmar and the Central African Republic and some crises and disasters still occur in the Islamic world.
It also stated that the crises and wars caused the deaths of 101,365 people, while 29 natural disasters that occurred in 19 OIC affiliated countries and Myanmar, caused the deaths of 6537 people.
The Secretary General of OIC, Iyad Madani, noted that the humanitarian situation is being degraded dramatically in a number of member states as a result of the deterioration of the political situation and crises in in various countries such as Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Chad and others.
Madani stressed out that the OIC is trying hard to establish a mechanism to strengthen the cooperation between member states in order to face, mitigate and overcome disaster damages and consequences by using the most effective methods.
The report also indicated that Syria was one of the countries that suffered the most of human causalities with 67,021 deaths followed by Iraq 15,538 deaths, Nigeria 8,464 deaths and Afghanistan 4,950 death.
The report pointed out that in 2014, Palestine lost 2042 people most of them from the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip, while Pakistan had 2,081 deaths, Yemen 1500 and Libya 600 deaths.
Lastly, Sierra Leone and Guinea were countries that had the highest number of human loss as a result of epidemic diseases (Ebola virus).
Source: IINA
