The Foreign Policy magazine says in one of its articles, ‘Somalia saw yet another year plagued by lawlessness and chaos, with pirates plying the coast while radical Islamist militias tightened their grip on the streets of Mogadishu.’

Nairobi: Sunatimes.com; Somalia continues to top the list of the failed states index in the world. As in previous years, Somalia is ranked first in the Failed States Index 2010 released by Foreign Policy magazine in collaboration with The Fund for Peace organization.

The Foreign Policy magazine says in one of its articles, ‘Somalia saw yet another year plagued by lawlessness and chaos, with pirates plying the coast while radical Islamist militias tightened their grip on the streets of Mogadishu.’

The raging violence and stateless condition of the war torn country that has been producing the third largest refugee community in the world for close to two decades are some of the factors that qualifies it to be the worst failed state.

As per the sixth Failed States Index, the world’s top 10 most vulnerable nations are: Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Central African Republic, Guinea and Pakistan.

Apart from those courtiers ranked as failed states, there are other countries that are in danger of becoming failed states. Those countries include; Sri Lanka, and China.

The Failed States Index is published after analyzing 177 countries in the world.

Source: Bar-kulan.