The two wars we're not even noticing

Nobody, resting safe and sound in their own warm bed, can hardly be expected to attend to, and to weep over, and to try to comprehend all the distant wars on the planet. This is a season of far too many brutal conflicts and too much brutal displacement of peoples.

I write about Israel/Palestine and about Ukraine's war of independence. But, in this time of year change, I can at least mention two other places where even more people are being driven from their homes by war.

Sudan: According to the United Nations, fighting between rival militarys have caused massive numbers of Sudanese to flee. As of December 21, 

The war between the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, and his second, General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, boss of the much-feared FSR, extended last week to the state of al-Jazeera in the centre-east of the country, hitherto spared, approaching the town of Wad Madani which served as a humanitarian hub and refuge for previous displaced people.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), up to 300,000 people fled Wad Madani as the fighting approached. “These new movements bring the displaced population to 7.1 million,” including 1.5 million who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries, said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General.

That's as many refugees as the entire Jewish population of the state of Israel.

Myanmar: since 2021, a military government which seized power from elected leaders has waged war on the country's ethnic minorities -- and those minorities have fought back. Adam Tooze writes about how neighboring China is deeply involved with all parties in that seesaw war. The U.N. estimates that 1.25 million people have taken refuge in neighboring countries and 2.6 million more people are considered stateless within the country.