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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    But both countries were fighting together against the insurgency.

    And outside of sanctions, what was the UN going to do? Send peacekeeping troops?

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      There were so many deliberate civillian casualties this went far beyond a war with insurgents.

      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 and the detention camps were set up.

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

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      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.