List of ongoing armed conflicts

References

2. 358,000–400,000 organized crime homicide victims
3. Until 1 Nov 2025
4. Combined estimated death tolls of each conflict since 2003
5. See Insurgency in Paraguay#Casualties
6. Data for African countries are based on ACLED, excluding riots/protests-related fatalities
7. Mainly homicides rather than battle-related casualties.
8. International Committee of the Red Cross
   https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/opinion-paper-armed-conflict.pdf
9. "Curated Data"
   https://www.acleddata.com/curated-data-files/
10. ucdp.uu.se
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11. "Modern Conflicts Database: Alternative Estimates for Death Tolls"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110720091321/http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/dpe/modern_conflicts/death_tolls.pdf
12. "ACLED Dashboard"
    https://acleddata.com/dashboard/#/dashboard
13. "Junta's New Year Airstrikes Kill at Least 20 Throughout Myanmar"
    https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/juntas-new-year-airstrikes-kill-at-least-20-throughout-myanmar.html
14. "Major Episodes of Political Violence 1946–2019"
    http://www.systemicpeace.org/warlist/warlist.htm
15. "Deaths from Israel's attacks on Gaza close to 62,000 as missing added"
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/3/gaza-death-toll-rises-close-to-62000-as-missing-added
16. "Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza Says War Death Toll at 27,585"
    https://www.barrons.com/news/health-ministry-in-hamas-run-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-27-585-f527b299
17. The Times of Israel
    https://www.timesofisrael.com/authorities-name-44-soldiers-30-police-officers-killed-in-hamas-attack/
18. "Another Palestinian killed in West Bank as toll rises to 343 since Oct. 7"
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/another-palestinian-killed-in-west-bank-as-toll-rises-to-343-since-oct-7/3106168
19. "Death toll update | Three civilians including woman and her son killed in Israeli airstrikes on the vicinity of Aleppo international airport - the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights"
    https://www.syriahr.com/en/321581/?doing_wp_cron=1705239432.6939799785614013671875
20. "Hezbollah Targets Israeli Base to Avenge Lebanon Killings"
    https://www.barrons.com/news/hezbollah-says-targeted-israel-base-to-avenge-killings-in-lebanon-04f874cc
21. "Health Ministry In Hamas-run Gaza Says 51 Killed In 24 Hours"
    https://www.barrons.com/news/health-ministry-in-hamas-run-gaza-says-51-killed-in-24-hours-26e63b28
22. "ACLED Explorer"
    https://acleddata.com/explorer/
23. Al Jazeera
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/20/live-palestinian-prisoners-freed-by-israel-after-captives-released-in-gaza?update=3453636
24. "Twelve Days Under Fire. A Comprehensive Report on the Iran-Israel War"
    https://www.en-hrana.org/twelve-days-under-fire-a-comprehensive-report-on-the-iran-israel-war/
25. "ACLED data"
    https://www.acleddata.com/data/
26. BBC News
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6158331.stm
27. "ACLED Version 6 (1997–2015)"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160118142350/http://www.acleddata.com/data/version-6-data-1997-2015/
28. ucdp.uu.se
    https://ucdp.uu.se/actor/489
29. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-un/large-number-of-peacekeepers-killed-and-wounded-in-congo-u-n-official-idUSKBN1E21YK
30. "Realtime Data (2017)"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170919163104/http://www.acleddata.com/data/realtime-data
31. Project Ploughshares
    http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/uganda-1987-2010/#Deaths
32. "DR Congo defies pressure over talks with rebel M23"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvz5g420mdo
33. Radio Okapi
    https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/06/01/actualite/securite/au-moins-38-personnes-tuees-par-des-hommes-armes-en-5-jours-rutshuru
34. News.un.org
    https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165586
35. Ohchr.org/en
    https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/drc-turk-appalled-attacks-against-civilians-rwandan-backed-m23-and-other
36. Actualite.cd
    https://actualite.cd/2025/08/07/est-de-la-rdc-le-haut-commissaire-aux-droits-de-lhomme-accuse-les-rebelles-de-lafcm23
37. Actualite.cd
    https://actualite.cd/2025/03/05/activisme-de-la-milice-mobondo-larmee-recupere-cinq-bastions-des-miliciens-au-moins
38. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/congo-islamist-rebels-adf-bapere-ca64cc6e3c04221e80998268fa94932c
39. www.bbc.com
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezjg34lw4o
40. "Human rights in Libya"
    https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/libya/report-libya/
41. "Algeria | Freedom House"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181116160255/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2003/algeria
42. "American commandos face complicated mission in Mali"
    https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/09/18/american-commandos-face-complicated-mission-in-mali/
43. "Burkina junta breaks silence over massacre by men 'in army uniform'"
    https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20230428-burkina-junta-breaks-silence-over-massacre-by-men-in-army-uniform
44. Northeast Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350,000 – UN, Reuters, 24 June 2021
    https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/northeast-nigeria-insurgency-has-killed-almost-350000-un-2021-06-24/
45. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/suspected-jihadists-kill-hundreds-burkina-faso-attack-2024-08-27/
46. "More than 50 killed in convoy ambush in Mali, sources say"
    https://www.voanews.com/a/more-than-50-killed-in-convoy-ambush-in-mali-sources-say/7967744.html
47. ucdp.uu.se
    https://ucdp.uu.se/country/70
48. Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinion/2021/06/14/mexico-guerra-narcotrafico-calderon-homicidios-desaparecidos/
49. "UCDP - Mexico"
    https://ucdp.uu.se/country/70
50. "Repuntaron homicidios en México durante 2024; subieron 3% frente a 2023: Inegi"
    https://www.milenio.com/policia/homicidios-mexico-subieron-2024-reporta-inegi
51. "Los homicidios en México disminuyeron 13.4% en los primeros cinco meses de 2025"
    https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/homicidios-en-m%C3%A9xico-se-reducen-un-13%2C4%25-en-los-primeros-cinco-meses-de-2025/89493820
52. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/mexico-guatemala-border-police-cartels-1ee481f6289b163dd2ce7724512b28d0
53. Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
    https://acleddata.com/
54. TheGuardian.com
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/23/sudan.unitednations
55. Associated Press News
    https://apnews.com/domestic-news-domestic-news-general-news-4f5a8681027c4ee7894289c058805b3e
56. "Sudan war: A simple guide to what is happening"
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjel2nn22z9o
57. Sudan Tribune
    https://sudantribune.net/article296185/
58. "Sudan paramilitaries kill hundreds in White Nile villages NGO"
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/18/sudan-paramilitaries-kill-hundreds-in-white-nile-villages-ngo
59. "Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group"
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/mass-killings-reported-el-fasher-sudan-paramilitary-group-rapid-support-forces
60. Uppsala Conflict Data Program
    https://ucdp.uu.se/country/369
61. "Conflict-related civilian casualties in Ukraine"
    https://ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Conflict-related%20civilian%20casualties%20as%20of%2031%20December%202021%20%28rev%2027%20January%202022%29%20corr%20EN_0.pdf
62. The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/world/one-million-are-now-dead-or-injured-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-b09d04e5
63. "Ukraine: protection if civilians in armed conflict August 2024 update"
    https://ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/Ukraine%20-%20protection%20of%20civilians%20in%20armed%20conflict%20%28August%202024%29_ENG.pdf
64. The Globe and Mail
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-surge-of-dehumanizing-hate-speech-points-to-mounting-risk-of-mass/
65. Uppsala Conflict Data Program
    http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/definitions/
66. "Colombia Truth Commission Gives Scathing Report on Civil War"
    https://www.voanews.com/a/colombia-truth-commission-gives-scathing-report-on-civil-war-/6637556.html
67. "US military strikes alleged 'drug vessel' from Venezuela in Caribbean Sea, 11 killed"
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/02/us-military-caribbean-sea-strike-drug-boat/85945169007/
68. Central Asian Survey
    https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02634939108400750
69. "Pakistan: Rampant Killings of Shia by Extremists"
    https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/29/pakistan-rampant-killings-shia-extremists
70. "Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed"
    https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-claims-58-pakistani-soldiers-killed-clashes-border-closed-2025-10-12/
71. "Twentieth Century Atlas – Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides"
    http://necrometrics.com/20c300k.htm#Somalia
72. theowp.org
    https://theowp.org/crisis_index/somali-civil-war/
73. Council on Foreign Relations
    http://www.cfr.org/nigeria/nigeria-security-tracker/p29483
74. "Social Violence in Nigeria"
    http://www.connectsaisafrica.org/research/african-studies-publications/social-violence-nigeria/
75. "Nigeria: Police Lose 6 As Herdsmen Behead Woman, Kill 30 in 3 Years"
    http://allafrica.com/stories/201605140261.html
76. "ICON Launches New Report Proving Genocide in Nigeria"
    https://missionsbox.org/press-releases/icon-launches-new-report-proving-genocide-in-nigeria/
77. ""Armed Conflicts Report - Nigeria""
    https://web.archive.org/web/20061010001137/http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Nigeria.html
78. "UN warns of catastrophic Yemen death toll"
    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/467379/UN-warns-of-catastrophic-Yemen-death-toll
79. SOHR
    https://www.syriahr.com/en/358243/
80. syriahr.com
    https://www.syriahr.com/en/369487/
81. Aljazeera
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/1/violence-in-cameroon-anglophone-crisis-takes-high-civilian-toll
82. acleddata.com
    https://acleddata.com/aggregated/aggregated-data-latin-america-caribbean
83. "More than 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence since January 1, says UN"
    https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230818-more-than-2-400-killed-in-haiti-gang-violence-since-january-1-says-un
84. ucdp.uu.se
    https://ucdp.uu.se/country/41
85. Al Jazeera
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/19/united-nations-statistics-underscore-extreme-brutality-of-haitis-gangs
86. France 24
    https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240402-more-than-50-000-people-flee-haiti-capital-due-to-rampant-gang-violence
87. United Nations
    https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158506
88. United Nations
    https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1158781
89. "More Than 3,000 People Killed In Haiti Violence So Far This Year"
    https://www.barrons.com/news/more-than-3-000-people-killed-in-haiti-violence-so-far-this-year-un-63619540
90. www.aa.com.tr
    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/over-1-100-die-in-pkk-attacks-in-turkey-since-july-2015/682842
91. "The Invisible War in North Kurdistan"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171012052731/http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf
92. rudaw.net
    https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/110720163
93. Al Jazeera
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/23/dead-and-wounded-in-attack-near-ankara-turkish-minister-says
94. "Iran/Kurds (1943–present)"
    http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region/irankurds-1943–present/
95. "Database - Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140719212139/http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=76&regionSelect=10-Middle_East
96. "Jundallah: Iran's Sunni rebels"
    http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2010/06/201062074140996374.html
97. The Militant Kurds: A Dual Strategy for Freedom, Vera Eccarius-Kelly, page 86, 2010
98. "(page 104)"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171012052731/http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf
99. "Federal Judge Rules Part Of Patriot Act Unconstitutional"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150911000425/http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20040126cg
100. Everyday occupations experiencing militarism in South Asia and the Middle East
     https://books.google.com/books?id=pGcUBAAAQBAJ
101. The Kurdish nationalist movement : opportunity, mobilization and identity
     https://books.google.com/books?id=ohSNu6bidEQC
102. Turkey, US, and the PKK Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, 21 December 2007
     http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc122107AD.html
103. ucdp.uu.se
     https://ucdp.uu.se/conflict/383
104. The Gazette (Montreal)
     https://web.archive.org/web/20100530082915/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Jamaica%2Bpolice%2Bdeath%2Btoll/3078392/story.html
105. Population Redistribution and Development in South Asia
     https://books.google.com/books?id=tGiSBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6
106. "Dozens killed as gunmen massacre tourists in Kashmir beauty spot"
     https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/22/asia/gunmen-open-fire-jammu-kashmir-intl/index.html
107. "India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations"
     https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg9d913v20o
108. "Minor Atrocities of the Twentieth Century"
     http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat6.htm
109. Project Ploughshares
     https://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/india-northeast-1979-first-combat-deaths/
110. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
     https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-07/ethnic-clashes-continue-in-indias-manipur/102314078
111. South Asia Terrorism Portal
     https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/india-maoistinsurgency
112. unpo.org
     https://unpo.org/article/21905
113. BBC News
     http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1695576.stm
114. The Economist
     https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/11/22/how-many-people-have-been-killed-in-rodrigo-dutertes-war-on-drugs
115. Project Ploughshares
     http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/angola-cabinda-1994-2006
116. Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment: Sequencing Peace in Bougainville
     https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/peacebuilding-compared/reconciliation-and-architectures-commitment
117. The Guardian
     https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/more-than-30-dead-in-tribal-fighting-on-papua-new-guineas-kiriwina-island
118. "Papua New Guinea Massacre: What to Know"
     https://time.com/6696387/papua-new-guinea-tribal-violence/
119. www1.folha.uol.com.br
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120. ucdp.uu.se
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121. www.ovp-sp.org
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122. ucdp.uu.se
     https://ucdp.uu.se/nonstate/12635
123. CNN Brasil
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124. www.satp.org
     https://www.satp.org/datasheet-terrorist-attack/fatalities/bangladesh
125. Brown University Costs of War Project
     https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2018/Human%20Costs%2C%20Nov%208%202018%20CoW.pdf
126. Reuters
     https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-deaths-survey-idUSL3048857920080130
127. The Guardian
     https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/08/libyan-revolution-casualties-lower-expected-government
128. "Fresh gunbattles rock Libya capital after brief lull"
     https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250514-fresh-gunbattles-rock-libya-capital-after-brief-lull
129. Daily Maverick
     https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-10-27-iss-today-mozambiques-first-islamist-attacks-shock-the-region/
130. Reuters
     https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/three-police-officers-killed-russias-dagestan-2025-05-05/
131. NBC News
     https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/honduras-expands-extends-state-emergency-rcna71757
132. AL JAZEERA
     https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/more-than-40-women-killed-in-honduran-prison-riot
133. BBC
     https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66015909
134. University of Central Arkansas
     https://web.archive.org/web/20240407184424/https://uca.edu/politicalscience/home/research-projects/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/laos-1954-present/
135. Area of Laos opposite the Thai border in Chiang Rai erupts into armed conflict – 5 Lao soldiers dead in fierce fighting
     https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2025/05/05/area-of-laos-opposite-the-thai-border-in-chiang-rai-erupts-into-armed-conflict-5-lao-soldiers-dead/
136. "Hmong Case Timeline"
     https://unpo.org/escalating-attacks-against-the-hmong-in-lao-unpo-cwhp-and-bpsos-alert-un-bodies/
137. BBC News
     https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26969355
138. Reuters
     https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-church-idUSKBN14110Y
139. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
     https://web.archive.org/web/20240814034754/https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2017/03/the-heavy-civilian-toll-in-sinai?lang=en%2A
140. "Casamance: no peace after thirty years of war"
     https://archive.today/20130103013015/http://www.guinguinbali.com/index.php?lang=en&mod=news&task=view_news&cat=3&id=1392
141. Africa News
     https://www.africanews.com/2022/03/14/senegal-launches-operation-against-rebels-in-casamance/
142. "UCDP - Gambia violence"
     https://ucdp.uu.se/country/420
143. DeepSouthWatch.org
     https://deepsouthwatch.org/en/node/11961
144. www.ultimahora.com
     https://amambayurgente.com/miembro-del-epp-fue-abatido-en-la-reserva-del-mbaracayu/
145. Foreign Policy
     https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/20/trump-deportations-el-salvador-prisons-bukele-human-rights/
146. El Mundo
     https://diario.elmundo.sv/nacionales/gustavo-villatoro-pandilleros-tienen-derechos-humanos-pero-estan-reducidos
147. Global Conflict Tracker
     https://cfr.org/interactive/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/criminal-violence-mexico