The number of people killed in wars and conflicts nearly doubled last year. In 2022, 237,000 people died in armed conflicts, according to researchers from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University in Sweden.
This represents a 97 percent increase from the previous year and is the highest number since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
The number of active conflicts around the world remains historically high. The researchers plan to publish the study results in the July issue of the journal Journal of Peace Research.
According to analyst Shawn Davies, there has been a significant de-escalation in Yemen and Afghanistan. However, the situation has worsened considerably in Ethiopia and Ukraine. At least 180,000 people died in these two wars, a rough estimate that is likely to change drastically as more information becomes available.
Russia in 2022 February 24 entered Ukraine. The civil war in Ethiopia between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the government broke out in 2020. finally and concluded in November 2022 with a ceasefire and negotiations for an agreement of peace.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is widely considered the bloodiest of 2022. conflict, Sh. Davies said. But in reality, more people are believed to have died in Ethiopia. Based on UCDP data, the Oslo Peace Research Institute Prio also reported that in Ethiopia in 2022 more than 100,000 people died and more than 81,000 died in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
UCDP collects data on conflicts around the world. In 2022, 55 conflicts involving States were counted. If non-state conflicts, such as those between rebel groups or rival drug cartels in Mexico, were included, there were 82 conflicts that resulted in at least 1,000 deaths in a calendar year.
Source: The Delfi
