Terrorist groups Pakistan Mexican Drug War 150,000–250,000 2006–present Mexico vs. UNAMID Sudan Kivu Conflict 100,000+ 2004–present see Kivu Conflict Congo War in North-West Pakistan 45,900–79,000 2004–2017 Pakistan, USA, and UK vs. Terrorist groups Worldwide War in Afghanistan 47,000–62,000 2001–present see War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Afghanistan Iraq War 405,000–654,965 2003–2011 See Iraq War Iraq War in Darfur 300,000+ 2003–present SRF and allies vs. AFDL and allies Congo Second Congo War 2,500,000–5,400,000 1998–2003 See Second Congo War Central Africa War on Terror 272,000–1,260,000 2001–present Anti-Terrorist Forces vs. Tutsi Rebels Rwanda First Congo War 250,000–800,000 1996–1997 Zaire and allies vs. Examples of recent and ongoing conflicts (list taken from Wiki) Conflict Death Toll Years Combatants Countries Rwandan genocide 800,000 April–July 1994 Hutu people vs. They also list ‘ minor skirmishes’ (yellow) which have resulted in 1 to 99 deaths.Ī point of note is that the Mexican Drug War actually had the highest death toll in 2020 – with over 50 000 deaths, but it’s not classified as a ‘major war’ because most of those deaths are murders rather than as a result of direct armed conflict between the drugs gangs and the Mexican armed forces.

Minor Conflicts (orange) with 100 to 999 deaths in the current or past year – around a further two dozen fall into this category.

Minor wars (red) with 1000 to 9999 deaths in the current or past year – there are around 12 of these.Major wars (dark red) with over 10 000 direct conflict deaths in the current or previous year – there are currently SIX of these (double the amount from a year ago) which are: the Afghanistan conflict, the Yemeni civil war, the Mexican drug war, the Myanmar internal struggle, the Ethiopian civil war and the Ukraine-Russian war.Wikipedia categorises ongoing conflicts as follows: Map of Conflicts in the world today See (1) below for source Categorising Wars and Conflicts… NB Wikipedia is a useful starting point for this topic as it provides us with a statistical and historical overview which is relatively easy to understand, but keep in mind that you’ll need to verify sources and check up on how valid the data is!.

Wikipedia lists around 40 ongoing wars and conflicts with over 100 combat deaths in 2021 or 2022. It is sad to say, but there are currently ongoing wars or minor conflicts in around three dozen countries, most of them in the Middle East, North West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Russian-Ukraine Conflict in Perspective.Examples of recent and ongoing conflicts (list taken from Wiki).

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