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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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[–] agarorn@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am surprised to see "only" 80 on the Russian war. I thought the count is around 300k by now.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Edit

The numbers are from 2022, so of course they aren't the current numbers.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The article is about the Peace Research Institute Oslo's report on annual conflict specifically for the year 2022. PRIO is a Norwegian institution.

Obviously we are now over halfway through 2023 so figures have changed.

Tagging you @agarorn because the above answers your question as well.

it seduces you to marginalize

To address your other point @Akasazh I think it's totally fair enough that Ethiopians might care about a war that displaced over 1.6 Million of their people and created a famine in which so many people are currently dying.

I don't think an Ethiopian newspaper article that points out the Norwegian 2022 data is "seducing" anyone to "marginalize" Ukraine.

If you look at my profile it should be obvious that I am not some sort of propagandist either.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obviously we are now over halfway through 2023 so figures have changed.

Aha, that makes sense. Sorry for taking that in bad faith, but I feel I've been a bit knee-jerkey since joining lemmy.

Shall edit the original comment to reflect that.

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! That's cool.

Yeah I feel you, think I learned some bad habits at reddit and am trying to be more chill now in the fediverse.