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.
Agreed, brics is a concern but considering where russia is, and how China is teetering on their first major recession in their modern era, the major player there is India, and they’re likely to go along with it under Modi who has taken a certain “ahh, fuck it” approach to certain things.
The holodomor, the Indian famine/genocides up to ww2 (mostly British incompetence with a fair bit of greed, think Indian corn laws), there are a bunch of forgotten crimes, but I think we’re getting better, tigray and Ethiopia prove we still have a long way to go.
22 nations have formally applied for membership in BRICS with another 20 or so expressing interest, so I think it probably does represent a shift. I was interested to see there’s some talk of Sri Lanka adopting the Indian rupee to help with its economic crisis.
On the forgotten crimes front, I feel like we’re still a bit in the “doomed to repeat history” phase, especially when it comes to genocides. But who knows how it will all shake out.