List of ongoing armed conflicts

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This is a list of ongoing armed conflicts.


10,000 or more combat-related deaths - this year or last year[change | change source]

Map of ongoing armed conflicts
Conflict Continent Location Deaths in 2022 Deaths in 2023 More information
Russo-Ukrainian War Europe  Ukraine 35,700[1][2]–240,400+[3][4] 15,757[5]–95,930+[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Deaths during the conflict: 50,200–254,600+[16]
Internal conflict in Myanmar Asia  Myanmar 20,206[5][17] 4,969[5][18] The number of people who have died in the conflict: 141,000[19]–210,000[20] Start of conflict: 1948
Ethiopian civil conflict Africa  Ethiopia
 Eritrea 		6,487[a][21]–105,900[22] 563[5] The number of people who have died in the conflict: 385,000–800,000[23][24] Start of conflict: 2018

Less than 10,000 combat-related deaths (in 2023 or last year)[change | change source]

Conflict Continent Location Deaths in 2022 Deaths in 2023 More information
Armed rebellion in the Maghreb (2002–present) Africa  Algeria
 Burkina Faso
 Chad
 Libya
 Mali
 Niger
 Tunisia 		9,000[5][25][26] 3,828[5][27][28] Start of conflict: 2002
Somali Civil War Africa  Somalia
 Kenya 		7,038[5][29][30][31] 3,195[5] Deaths during the conflict: 503,000+.[32] Start of conflict: 1991
Mexican Drug War North America  Mexico 7,821[5][33] 2,418[5] The number of people who died in battles between 1989–2020: 60,373.[34] (350,000 homicide victims in organized crime 2006–2021)[35] Start of conflict: 2006
Yemeni Crisis Asia  Yemen
 Saudi Arabia 		6,607[5][36] 1,289[5] The number of people who died between 2014–2020: 26,006.[37]–233,000[38][39][40] Start of conflict: 2011
Boko Haram insurgency Africa  Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Niger
 Chad 		5,880+[5] 1,510[5][41] Related page: Boko Haram. Start of conflict: 2009
Syrian Civil War Asia  Syria 5,257[5][42] 1,975[5][43] The total of deaths during the conflict, is 495,000–606,000+.[44] Start of conflict: 2011


Mali War Africa  Mali 4,481[5][45][46][47][48] 1,277[5] Start of conflict: 2012
Iraq conflict Asia  Iraq 4,181[5][49] 576[5] Start of conflict: 2003
Afghanistan conflict Asia Afghanistan 3,847[5][50] 399[5] The number of people who died in 1978–2020: 1,405,111–2,084,468.[51][52][53][54] Start of conflict: 1978. In 2021 NATO left Afghanistan; The War in Afghanistan ended.
Allied Democratic Forces armed rebellion Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,790+[5] 454[5] Deaths during the conflict: 3,353+[n 1]. Start of conflict: 1996
Colombian conflict South America  Colombia
 Venezuela 		2,276[5] 750[5] Deaths during the conflict: 220,000.[58][59] Start of conflict: 1964
Kivu conflict Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,200+[5][60] 804[5] Start of conflict: 2004
Communal conflicts in Nigeria Africa  Nigeria 1,850+[5] 720[5] Start of conflict: 1998
Nigerian bandit conflict Africa Nigeria Nigeria 1,850+[5] 620[5] Deaths during the conflict: 12,000+[61] or 8,000+.[62] Start of conflict: 2011
Sudanese nomadic conflicts Africa  Sudan
 South Sudan 		1,731[5] 515[5] Start of conflict: 2011
Ituri conflict Africa  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,550+[5] 360[5] Start of conflict: 1999
2023 Sudan conflict Africa  Sudan 0 1,000+[63]

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

Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Deaths in 2022 Deaths in 2023 More information
2017 Anglophone Crisis Africa  Cameroon 943 15[b]-37[5] Deaths during the conflict: 6,000+[64]
2017 Armed rebellion in Cabo Delgado Africa  Mozambique
 Tanzania 		916[5] 126[5]
2004 Armed rebellion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Asia  Pakistan 835+[5][65]
2012 Central African Republic Civil War Africa  Central African Republic 741[5][66]
1948 Armed rebellion in Balochistan Asia  Pakistan
 Iran 		740+[5]


FRG9 insurgency in Haiti North America  Haiti 89[67] 533[5]
2011 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Africa Sudan Sudan 500+[5][68]
1918 Kurdish separatism in Iran Asia  Iran 427+[5] Deaths during the conflict: 15,000–58,000+[69]
1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Asia  Turkey
 Iraq
 Syria 		370[5][70][71]
1947 Armed rebellion in Kashmir (Indo-Pakistani Wars) Asia  India
 Pakistan 		315+[72][5]
1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines Asia  Philippines 310+[5]
1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Asia  Artsakh
 Azerbaijan 		300+[5][73][74][75][76]
2018 Bangladesh drug war Asia  Bangladesh 292[5] Deaths during the years of conflict: 583+[5]
1969 Moro conflict Asia  Philippines 275+[5]
2016 Philippine drug war Asia Philippines Philippines 269+[5]
2011 Sinai armed rebellion Africa  Egypt 264[5]
1948 Israeli–Palestinian conflict Asia  Gaza Strip
 Israel
 Lebanon 		247[5][77]
1962 Papua conflict Asia  Indonesia 241[5] Deaths during the conflict: 100,000–500,000[78]
2011 Libyan crisis Africa  Libya 171[5][79]
2014 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan Border Conflict Asia  Kyrgyzstan
 Tajikistan 		146+[80][81] Deaths during the conflict: 210+[82]
2022 Salvadoran Gang Wars North America  El Salvador 136[83] Deaths during the conflict: 136[5][84]
1967 Naxalite–Maoist armed rebellion Asia  India 101[85]–350+[5]
2021 Armed rebellion in Northern Chad Africa  Chad 100+[86]
2003 Conflict in the Niger Delta Africa  Nigeria
 Cameroon 		90+[87] Deaths during the conflict: 2,500[88]
1960 South Thailand armed rebellion Asia  Thailand 42[5] Deaths during the conflict: 7,201.[89]
1954 Armed rebellion in North-east India Asia  India 24[90][91]–230+[5] 40,000[92]
2013 Armed rebellion in Egypt Africa  Egypt 15[93]
1960 Katanga armed rebellion Africa  DR Congo 4[5]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ See [55][56][57]
  1. ↑ ACLED data covers Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Gedaref, Sudan
    • Lower estimate uses ACLED for Tigray Region region deaths; high estimate uses the 100,000 figure instead
  2. ↑ See Casualties in 2023

Sources[change | change source]

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