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submitted 1 year ago by livus@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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[-] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There were so many deliberate civillian casualties that this went far beyond a war with insurgents. The Eritrean forces - who the government forces spent months denying were there - were also there to target Eritrean refugees (the regime is about as bad as North Korea).

Send peacekeeping troops?

You say that like you don't think it would have been a reasonable option?

As this crisis unfolded, there were many reasons a UN peacekeeping force would have been a good option.

Particularly as the racial rhetoric ramped up, NGOs reported systematic rapes of minority women, and the nationwide ethnicity-based detentions began.

We now have a famine situation due to all the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure and crops.

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