A U.S. foreign policy magazine and think tank have released a ranking of 146 nations by their degree of failure. Sudan tops the list.
"Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the world's most vulnerable states, according to a new study.
The report -- compiled by the US Foreign Policy magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think-tank -- ranked nations according to their viability.
Judged according to 12 criteria, including human flight and economic decline, states range from the most failed, Sudan, to the least, Norway.
Eleven of the 20 most failed states of the 146 nations examined are in Africa.
The second annual 'failed states index' was based on 'tens of thousands of articles' from different sources gathered over several months in 2005 and reviewed by experts, its authors said."
FULL STORY: Sudan tops 'failed states index'

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