list of the world's current armed conflicts

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).

List of the world's current armed conflicts