De Ferjitten Oarloggen fan 2024 en 2025
March 13, 2026 · Frisian News
While Western media focused on Ukraine and Gaza, dozens of armed conflicts killed tens of thousands in Africa, Asia, and Latin America with almost no coverage. These wars shaped entire regions but vanished from headlines as soon as funding dried up or attention moved elsewhere.
FryskYn Myanmar deade it offinsyf fan de militêre junta tsjin etnyske legers tusken 2023 en 2025 mear as 7.000 boargers. Hiele stêden brânnen ôf. Hûnderttûzenen flechten oer grinzen hinne. Westerske regearingen joegen ferklearringen út en diene neat. It konflikt ferskynde hast net yn Ingelsktalich nijs nei de earste wiken, ek al waard it ien fan Aazje syn grutste humanitêre krises. Gjin donoren makken haast. Gjin needgearkomsten fûnen plak. It deadzjen gie troch.
Yn eastlik Kongo ferpleatste de striid tusken M23-rebellen en regearingsstriders hast twa miljoen minsken yn deselde perioade. Ferkrêfting, útferhongerjen en massamoarden waarden rûtine-oarlochstaktyk. Sikehûzen stoarten yn. Helporganisaasjes rekken sûnder medisinen. Mar dekking bûten Afrika wie sporadysk en net djipgeand. It konflikt konkurrearre mei ferhalen oer ferneamden en skandalen om in plak yn de nijsrûnte. Doe't sjoernalisten úteinlik oankamen, skreauwen hja ferslaggen dy't binnen oeren ferdwûnen.
It Sûdaan-konflikt deade yn 2024 en 2025 mear minsken as Oekraïne yn deselde jierren. Legers, paramilitêre groepen en lokale militsen makken stêden ta plakken fan de dea. Honger waard in wapen. Bern stoaren by tûzenden. Ynternasjonale ynstellingen debattearden eindeleas wylst helporganisaasjes sifers rapportearren sa grut dat hja ophâlden te skokken. De wrâld gie fierder foardat it jier foarby wie.
De stille exodus fan Fenezuëla hâlde oan doe't mear as in miljoen boargers noch mear honger en politike ynstorting ûntflechten. Kolombia en Peru absorbearren harren mei min help fan rike lannen. Brazylje naam massa's Venezolaanske flechtlingen op wylst rike lannen lessen joegen oer ymmigraasje fanút har eigen feilichheid. De wanhope fan dizze minsken helle nea de nijskoppen yn New York of Brussel, omdat har lijen gjin geopolitysk belang tsjinne.
It patroan is dúdlik: oarloggen dogge der allinnich ta as hja westerske belangen oanreitsje of yn maklike ferhalen passe. As konflikten gjin strategysk doel tsjinje en de slachtoffers ta earme lannen sûnder oalje of mineralen hearre, dogge ynstellingen en media ienfâldichwei krekt as bestean hja net. De deaden bliuwe stjerre yn it tsjuster.
In Myanmar, the military junta's offensive against ethnic armies killed over 7,000 civilians between 2023 and 2025. Entire towns burned. Hundreds of thousands fled across borders. Western governments issued statements and did nothing. The conflict barely appeared in English-language news after the first few months, even as it became one of Asia's largest humanitarian crises. No donors rushed in. No emergency summits happened. The killing ground on.
In eastern Congo, fighting between M23 rebels and government forces displaced nearly two million people over the same period. Rape, starvation, and massacres became routine tools of war. Hospitals collapsed. Aid groups ran out of medicine. Yet coverage outside Africa was sporadic and shallow. The conflict competed with stories about celebrities and scandals for space in news cycles. When journalists finally arrived, they filed reports that vanished within hours.
The Sudan conflict killed more people in 2024 and 2025 than Ukraine did in the same years. Armies, paramilitaries, and local militias turned cities into killing grounds. Hunger became a weapon. Children died by the thousands. International institutions debated endlessly while aid organizations reported numbers so large they ceased to shock. The world moved on before the year ended.
Venezuela's silent exodus continued as over a million more citizens fled hunger and political collapse. Colombia and Peru absorbed them with little help from rich nations. Brazil took in masses of Venezuelan refugees while wealthy countries lectured about immigration from safety. These people's desperation never made headlines in New York or Brussels because their suffering served no geopolitical interest.
The pattern is clear: wars matter only when they touch Western interests or fit convenient narratives. When conflicts serve no strategic purpose and the victims belong to poor nations without oil or minerals, institutions and media simply pretend they don't exist. The dead keep dying in the dark.
Published March 13, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân