This is a list of ongoing armed conflicts.
Conflict | Continent | Location | Deaths in 2023 | Deaths in 2024 | More information |
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Russo-Ukrainian War | Europe | Ukraine | 15,757[1]–95,930+[2][3][4] [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] | Deaths during the conflict: 50,200–254,600+[12] The War in Donbas is part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The 2023 Wagner Group rebellion happened during the Russo-Ukrainian War. | |
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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Asia | Gaza Strip Israel Lebanon |
21,000+[13][b][c] | 13,000+ | Start of conflict: 1948 |
Internal conflict in Myanmar (Rohingya conflict, Kachin conflict, Conflict in Rakhine State) | Asia | Myanmar | 14,841+[1][27][28][29] | 6,276[30] | The Karen conflict is part of the larger conflict; Myawaddy (on the Thai border) was lost to rebels in 2024's second quarter.[31] The number of people who have died in the (larger) conflict: 141,000[32]–210,000[33] Start of conflict: 1948 |
Armed rebellion in the Maghreb (2002–present)
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Africa | Burkina Faso Mali Niger Benin Togo Algeria Tunisia Chad Ivory Coast Mauritania Ghana Nigeria Cameroon Morocco Libya |
10,868[1][34][35][36] [37][38][39][40] | 6,120[30] | Armed rebellion in Niger, is part of the larger conflict. In 2024's second quarter, many [or all] of the last one-thousand U.S. soldiers are expected to leave the country.[41] Earlier (2023), there was a coup d'état in Niger; It led to a Nigerien crisis that has ended.; Related pages, Maghreb, Sahel |
War in Sudan | Africa | Sudan | 12,000+[42][43] | 4,056[30] | As of 2024's second quarter, the capital of North Darfur State is under siege.[44] |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Deaths in 2023 | Deaths in 2024 | More information |
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Somali Civil War | Africa | Somalia Kenya |
8,367[1] | 2,567[30] | Deaths during the conflict: 503,000+.[45] Operation Atalanta is part of the conflict. Start of the civil war: 1991 |
Mexican Drug War | North America | Mexico | 6,802+[1] | 3,006[30] | The number of people who died in battles between 1989–2020: 60,373.[46] (350,000 homicide victims in organized crime 2006–2021)[47] Start of conflict: 2006. These are a part:
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Syrian Civil War | Asia | Syria | 4,498[1][48] | 2,539[30] | The total of deaths during the conflict, is 495,000–606,000+.[49] The civil war started in 2011, and these have become a part:
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Boko Haram insurgency | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad |
3,759[1][50] | 2,791[30] | Related page: Boko Haram. Start of conflict: 2009 |
Ethiopian civil conflict | Africa | Ethiopia Eritrea |
3,578 | 3,582[30] | Peace talks were started in 2023's second quarter, between Oromo Liberation Army and government of Ethiopia. The peace talks failed. The number of people who have died in the conflict: 385,000–800,000; Start of conflict: 2018; These have become part of the conflict: |
Yemeni Civil War
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Asia | Yemen Saudi Arabia |
3,375+[1] | The number of people who died between 2014–2020: 26,006.[53]–233,000[54][55][56] The Yemeni Crisis started in 2011, and these have become a part:
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Communal conflicts in Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria | 3,050+[1][57] | Start of conflict: 1998. The Nigerian bandit conflict, is part of the (larger) conflict. | |
Colombian conflict | South America | Colombia Venezuela |
2,491+[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 220,000; These have become part of the conflict: | |
Kivu conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,182+[1] | Start of conflict: 2004 | |
Gang war in Haiti | North America | Haiti | 1,960+[1][60] | The conflict is part of the Haitian crisis (2018–present). | |
Allied Democratic Forces armed rebellion | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,378+[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 3,353+[n 1]. Start of conflict: 1996 | |
Iraq conflict
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Asia | Iraq | 1,283+[1] | The Islamic State armed rebellion in Iraq (since 2017), is part of the (larger) conflict. Start of conflict: 2003 | |
Sudanese nomadic conflicts
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Africa | Sudan South Sudan |
1,240+[1][64] | Start of conflict: 2011 | |
Armed rebellion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Asia | Pakistan | 1,200+[1] | Start of conflict: 2004 | |
Afghanistan conflict
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Asia | Afghanistan | 1,007+[1] | The number of people who died in 1978–2020: 1,405,111–2,084,468.[65][66][67][68] Start of conflict: 1978. In 2021 NATO left Afghanistan; The War in Afghanistan ended. |
Conflict | Continent | Location | Deaths in 2023 | Deaths in 2024 | More information |
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Ituri conflict | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 790+[1] | Start of conflict: 1999 | |
Armed rebellion in Kashmir (Indo-Pakistani Wars) | Asia | India Pakistan |
630+[1] | Start of conflict: 1947 | |
Armed rebellion in Balochistan
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Asia | Pakistan Iran |
500[1] | 205[30] | Start of conflict: 1948 |
Armed rebellion in North-east India
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Asia | India | 440[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 40,000[69] Start of conflict: 1954 | |
Armed rebellion in the Philippines | Asia | Philippines | 523+[1] | The communist rebellion (or New People's Army rebellion) and the Moro conflict are part of the conflict. Start of conflict: 1969 | |
Central African Republic Civil War | Africa | Central African Republic | 405[1] | Start of conflict: 2012 | |
Jamaican political conflict | North America | Jamaica | 381[1] | ||
Naxalite–Maoist armed rebellion | Asia | India | 355+[1] | Start of conflict: 1967 | |
Anglophone Crisis | Africa | Cameroon | 338[d]-946+[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 6,000+[70] Start of conflict: 2017 | |
Bangladesh drug war | Asia | Bangladesh | 305+[1][71] | Deaths during the years of conflict: 583+[1] Start of conflict: 2018 | |
Armed rebellion in Cabo Delgado | Africa | Mozambique Tanzania |
293+[1] | Start of conflict: 2017 | |
Philippine drug war | Asia | Philippines | 250+[1] | Start of conflict: 2016 | |
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Asia | Israel Lebanon Syria Palestine |
201[1]– 568+[72][1] | ||
Kurdish separatism in Iran
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Asia | Iran | 179+[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 15,000–58,000+[73] Start of conflict: 1918 | |
Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 175+[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 100,000–500,000[74] Start of conflict: 1962 | |
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
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Asia | Turkey Iraq Syria |
114[1] | Start of conflict: 1984 | |
Conflict in the Niger Delta
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Africa | Nigeria Cameroon |
90[1] | 250[30] | Deaths during the conflict: 2,500[75] Start of conflict: 2003 |
Libyan crisis | Africa | Libya | 85[1][76] | Start of conflict: 2011 | |
Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 66[1] | ||
2022 Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | El Salvador | 48[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 152+[77] Start of conflict: 2022 | |
South Thailand armed rebellion | Asia | Thailand | 42[1] | Deaths during the conflict: 7,201.[78] Start of conflict: 1960 | |
Armed rebellion in Northern Chad | Africa | Chad | 37[1] | Start of conflict: 2021 | |
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Africa | Egypt | 21[1] |
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Katanga armed rebellion | Africa | DR Congo | 2[1] | Start of conflict: 1960 | |
Las Anod conflict | Africa | Somaliland | 343–688[79][80] |
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Independent scholars, based at Ghent University in Belgium, suggest that the death toll in Tigray is now between 385,000 and 600,000.
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The military's list also includes a soldier killed by friendly fire in the West Bank, a soldier killed due to malfunctioning ammunition on the Lebanon border, two soldiers killed in a tank accident in northern Israel, and a number of other deadly incidents amid the war but not directly related to the fighting..
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