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

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      That’s due to what spin is on the article. it seduces you to marginalize the ukrain-russian theatre, and focus instead on proxy wars that are as much a battlefield of global influence.

      A matter of ‘who do you believe’. But indeed ukrainian numbers of casualties are far higher, this feels like the russian estimate.

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        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.

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          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.

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            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.