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Report shows Ethiopian civil war more lethal than Ukraine war (www.thereporterethiopia.com)

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The two-year war in northern Ethiopia resulted in approximately 100,200 deaths before an African Union-brokered ceasefire was reached in November 2021, a new report reveals. In comparison, the Ukraine-Russia war that began in February led to 81,500 deaths, the same source added.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Africa's World War"? Yeah amazing how no one gets taught about that. My mother's generation was never even taught about the Holodomor though so I guess we're making progress..?

I’m just saying when Europe has bullets flying people pay attention for historical reasons.

Yeah, I agree there are understandable geopolitical reasons people pay more attention to the facts of the Ukraine war. It's the disregard for the humanitarian aspects of other wars that rankles.

Western news coverage has been kind of patchy about other things though, like the BRICS membership situation, which will potentially have huge global effects if they adopt a reserve currency.

Edit: sorry, just realised you weren't actually talking to me!

[–] InverseParallax 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, brics is a concern but considering where russia is, and how China is teetering on their first major recession in their modern era, the major player there is India, and they're likely to go along with it under Modi who has taken a certain "ahh, fuck it" approach to certain things.

The holodomor, the Indian famine/genocides up to ww2 (mostly British incompetence with a fair bit of greed, think Indian corn laws), there are a bunch of forgotten crimes, but I think we're getting better, tigray and Ethiopia prove we still have a long way to go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

22 nations have formally applied for membership in BRICS with another 20 or so expressing interest, so I think it probably does represent a shift. I was interested to see there's some talk of Sri Lanka adopting the Indian rupee to help with its economic crisis.

On the forgotten crimes front, I feel like we're still a bit in the "doomed to repeat history" phase, especially when it comes to genocides. But who knows how it will all shake out.