Srebrenica & ethnic cleansing
Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) communities destroyed; over 200,000 killed, 600 villages flattened, and 1M displaced.
Dangers: War
Darfur
The Sudanese government helped arm the Janjaweed herdsmen against the farmers of Darfur in a battle over land use rights that accelerated into massacres, rapes, starvation, disease, and displacements. Close to .4 million farmers were killed.
Tigray Conflict
In 2020, Eritrean forces massacred civilians in Axum, looting while Ethiopian forces stood by. Hundreds of children and adults were killed.
Russian Invasion
Since 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has killed ~1,000 children, injured thousands, and deported ~19,000 to Russia, many placed in camps or adoptions.
Israel–Hamas War
By late 2023, Gaza became the deadliest place in the world for children: ~15,000 killed, 80% of schools destroyed, widespread starvation and disease risk.