According to the Geneva Academy, there are currently
some 110 Armed Conflicts around the world today:

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: MORE THAN 45 ARMED CONFLICTS

This is, in numbers, the most affected region: more than 45 armed conflicts are currently taking place throughout the Middle East and North Africa in the following territories: Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Yemen and Western Sahara.

AFRICA: MORE THAN 35 ARMED CONFLICTS

Africa comes second in the number of armed conflicts per region with more than 35 non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) taking place in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. Several armed groups – fighting against government forces and/or against each other’s – are involved in these conflicts.

ASIA: 21 ARMED CONFLICTS

Asia is the theatre of 19 non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) involving 19 armed groups. These are happening in Afghanistan, India, Myanmar, Pakistan and The Philippines.
Two international armed conflicts – between respectively India and Pakistan, and between India and China – are also taking place in the region.

EUROPE: SEVEN ARMED CONFLICTS

The following military occupations constitute the majority of armed conflicts that are taking place in Europe, four out of seven conflicts: Russia is currently occupying Crimea (Ukraine), Transdniestria (Moldova), as well as South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Georgia), while Armenia is occupying parts of Nagorno Karabakh (Azerbaijan). Europe is also the theatre of an international armed conflict (IAC) between Ukraine and Russia, and of two non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) in Ukraine opposing governmental forces with the self-proclaimed ‘People’s Republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.

LATIN AMERICA: SIX ARMED CONFLICTS

The six non-international armed conflicts that are taking place in the region are split evenly between Mexico and Colombia.

Religious Conflicts

But of course conflicts are absolutely not limited to military fights. According to the Pew Research Center’s 2020 report, harassment of religious groups continues to be reported in more than 90% of the nations of the world.

Racial Conflicts

And according to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index, 70% of the countries have seen discrimination worsen between 2021 and 2022.

Ideological Conflicts

And of course Military, Religious, and Racial divides are not the end of the story. This world is embroiled in terrible divides based on ideology, including importantly the divide between the Communist World and the Democratic World, the front line of which is the 70 year separate between North and South Korea.

There are also other important ideological divides focusing on economic, social, and environmental policies All of these divisions and conflicts create fearsome barriers to the realization of a peaceful world..