Where are there wars in the world today

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, and a major ongoing drug-war in Mexico. Wikipedia lists around 40 ongoing wars and conflicts with over combat deaths in or It would be worth spending some time exploring some of these conflicts to get a feel for their differences and similarities.

Wikipedia also looks at conflict deaths by country from to — Mexico tops the list in , and this along with Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Nigeria have had particularly high levels of conflict deaths over the past 5 years.

War and Conflict is a topic within the optional second year Global Development Module. Please click here to return to the main ReviseSociology home page! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content The worst ongoing wars in are in Afghanistan, Yemen and Mexico…. Minor wars , with to deaths in the current or past year — there are around 12 of these.

Minor Conflicts , with to deaths in the current or past year — around a further two dozen fall into this category. Sudan and allies vs. Republic of Syria vs. ISIL vs. Need infographics, animated videos, presentations, data research or social media charts? More Information. Skip to main content. Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. Follow Statista. Martin Armstrong. Download Chart. You will find more infographics at Statista.

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Related Infographics. Nobel Prize in Literature. In our report Stop the War on Children: Killed and Maimed we identify the worst places in conflict to be a child:.

The impact of conflict on children varies by age, gender, status, ethnicity, religion and disability. Children who live in conflict zones are at the highest risk of experiencing violence , psychological stress, hunger, loss of education, and lacking basic resources.

Four children — Shogofa, Hana, Mahmoud and Lydia — share their stories about what it's like to have their childhoods defined by conflict. Mahmoud, age 10, is originally from a village in northeast Syria. His mother says they fled their village ten years ago due to shelling. They have lived in several makeshift shelters ever since. When Mahmoud was nine, he was injured in an airstrike and he lost both his legs, one just above the knee and the other just below.

Six months later, his father was killed when the hospital where he was being treated for wounds was shelled. Most recently, Syria has seen the highest number of attacks on schools and hospitals at incidents. The figure is more than 6x greater than the 44 incidents recorded the year prior. Learn more about how to help children in Syria. Shogofa was nine years old when she was critically wounded after her home in Fayrab province in Afghanistan was hit by a rocket.

She suffered severe head injuries and lost several fingers in the blast. Three of her brothers were killed by shrapnel. Now Shogofa lives in a tent in a camp in Mazar province with her mother, father, sisters and remaining brothers. Her mother suffers from mental illness from the trauma of what she witnessed.

Before the attack, Shogofa used to go to school and she enjoyed playing outside with her friends. Now, they have been driven into poverty. If the fighting in her hometown stops, Shogofa hopes her family will move back and her sisters and brothers can play together again. If there is peace, she hopes to go back to school to study to become a doctor so she can treat sick people.

Learn more about our work in Afghanistan and Afghan refugees. Hana, age 14, has endured unthinkable loss due to conflict. Her mother and four young brothers were all killed in an airstrike in Hana was thrown over feet by the blast and sustained a serious head injury.

She later suffered from severe insomnia, flashbacks and post-traumatic stress disorder.