The number of armed conflicts is rising, and conflict-caused fatalities are also increasing. In 2021, 139 million people were forced into acute food insecurity due to armed conflicts. The international community’s focus should be to end all armed conflicts if it is serious about making progress in bringing development and security to the global south. Rich industrialised countries are directly or indirectly involved in many ongoing armed conflicts in the world. Armed conflicts only bring death and destruction, and it is impossible even to dream of development and security.

Source: Ethiopian News January 03, 2023 05:17 UTC