List of ongoing armed conflicts

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This is a list of ongoing armed conflicts.


10,000 or more combat-related deaths in 2024 or 2023[change | change source]

Map of ongoing armed conflicts
Conflict Continent Location Deaths in 2023 Deaths in 2024 More information
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 Asia  Gaza Strip
 Israel
 Lebanon 		21,000+[13][b][c] 13,000+ Start of conflict: 1948
Internal conflict in Myanmar (Rohingya conflict, Kachin conflict, Karen conflict, Conflict in Rakhine State) Asia  Myanmar 14,841+[1][27][28][29] 3,169[30] The number of people who have died in the conflict: 141,000[31]–210,000[32] Start of conflict: 1948
Armed rebellion in the Maghreb (2002–present) Africa  Burkina Faso
 Mali
 Niger
 Benin
 Togo
 Algeria
 Tunisia
 Chad
 Ivory Coast
 Mauritania
 Ghana
 Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Morocco
 Libya
 10,868[1][33][34][35] [36][37][38][39] 2,810[30] Start of conflict, 2002; Related pages, Maghreb, Sahel
War in Sudan Africa  Sudan 12,000+[40][41] 2,026[30]

Less than 10,000 combat-related deaths (in 2024 or last year)[change | change source]

Conflict Continent Location Deaths in 2023 Deaths in 2024 More information
Somali Civil War Africa  Somalia
 Kenya 		8,367[1] 1,217[30] Deaths during the conflict: 503,000+.[42] Operation Atalanta is part of the conflict. Start of the civil war: 1991
Mexican Drug War North America  Mexico 6,802+[1] 1,454[30] The number of people who died in battles between 1989–2020: 60,373.[43] (350,000 homicide victims in organized crime 2006–2021)[44] Start of conflict: 2006. These are a part:
Syrian Civil War Asia  Syria 4,498[1][45] 1,336[30] The total of deaths during the conflict, is 495,000–606,000+.[46] The civil war started in 2011, and these have become a part:
Boko Haram insurgency Africa  Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Niger
 Chad 		3,759[1][47] 1,126[30] Related page: Boko Haram. Start of conflict: 2009
Ethiopian civil conflict Africa  Ethiopia
 Eritrea 		3,578 1,145[30] The number of people who have died in the conflict: 385,000–800,000[48][49] Start of conflict: 2018
Yemeni Civil War Asia  Yemen
 Saudi Arabia 		3,375+[1] The number of people who died between 2014–2020: 26,006.[50]–233,000[51][52][53]

The Yemeni Crisis started in 2011, and these have become a part:

Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa  Nigeria 3,050+[1][54] Start of conflict: 1998
Colombian conflict South America  Colombia
 Venezuela 		2,491+[1] Deaths during the conflict: 220,000.[55][56] Start of conflict: 1964
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][57] 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 Asia  Iraq 1,283+[1] Start of conflict: 2003
Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa  Sudan
 South Sudan 		1,240+[1][61] Start of conflict: 2011
Armed rebellion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asia  Pakistan 1,200+[1] Start of conflict: 2004
Afghanistan conflict Asia Afghanistan 1,007+[1] The number of people who died in 1978–2020: 1,405,111–2,084,468.[62][63][64][65] Start of conflict: 1978. In 2021 NATO left Afghanistan; The War in Afghanistan ended.

Less than 1,000 combat-related deaths[change | change source]

Conflict Continent Location Deaths in 2023 Deaths in 2024 More information
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 Asia  Pakistan
 Iran 		500[1] 205[30] Start of conflict: 1948
Armed rebellion in North-east India Asia  India 440[1] Deaths during the conflict: 40,000[66] 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+[67] Start of conflict: 2017
Bangladesh drug war Asia  Bangladesh 305+[1][68] 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 Philippines 250+[1] Start of conflict: 2016
Asia  Israel
 Lebanon
 Syria
 Palestine 		201[1]– 568+[69][1]
Kurdish separatism in Iran Asia  Iran 179+[1] Deaths during the conflict: 15,000–58,000+[70] Start of conflict: 1918
Papua conflict Asia  Indonesia 175+[1] Deaths during the conflict: 100,000–500,000[71] Start of conflict: 1962
Kurdish–Turkish conflict Asia  Turkey
 Iraq
 Syria 		114[1] Start of conflict: 1984
Conflict in the Niger Delta Africa  Nigeria
 Cameroon 		90[1] 250[30] Deaths during the conflict: 2,500[72] Start of conflict: 2003
Libyan crisis Africa  Libya 85[1][73] 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+[74] Start of conflict: 2022
South Thailand armed rebellion Asia  Thailand 42[1] Deaths during the conflict: 7,201.[75] Start of conflict: 1960
Armed rebellion in Northern Chad Africa  Chad 37[1] Start of conflict: 2021
Africa  Egypt 21[1]


Katanga armed rebellion Africa  DR Congo 2[1] Start of conflict: 1960
Las Anod conflict Africa  Somaliland 343–688[76][77]


Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Per the UN
  2. ↑ Including:[14]
  3. ↑ 700 killed in Israel Including:
  4. ↑ See Casualties in 2023

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ See [58][59][60]

Sources[change | change source]

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  6. ↑ "ЗСУ за місяць знищили майже 17 000 загарбників і 1,2 тисячі одиниць техніки та озброєння".
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