The Ethiopian and Ukraine-Russia conflicts accounted for 89 percent of battle-related deaths worldwide in 2022, according to a new report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). “While the war in Ukraine captured most attention, the parallel war between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front was more lethal,” the report states. The Ethiopian conflict, already the third deadliest in 2021, drew in forces beyond the two warring parties. According to the report, battle-related deaths in Tigray have reached alarmingly high levels while the world’s attention has focused on Ukraine. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who led peace efforts in northern Ethiopia, previously estimated total casualties resulting from the north Ethiopian war could reach as high as 600,000.

Source: Ethiopian News July 22, 2023 09:44 UTC