6 Conflicts Happening Around The World You May Not Have Heard About

Armed conflicts are happening in more places than you think, not just Ukraine.

Here are some of the biggest conflicts happening around the world right now.

1. Ethiopia

• Ethiopia’s government has been at war with the TPLF (Tigray People’s Liberation Front), which dominated politics for 30 years, since Nov. 2020.

• There are widespread reports of war crimes, such as rapes and massacres, committed on both sides.

• More than two million people have been forced from their homes and parts of Ethiopia are facing famine.

2. Afghanistan

• Civilian deaths hit record levels in the first half of 2021 as the Taliban launched a lightning offensive to seize power after the US announced its withdrawal.

• After the Taliban took over in August 2021, foreign countries cut aid, sending the economy crashing and leading to a disastrous humanitarian crisis.

• 24.4 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance, millions of children are starving, and 97% of the population could fall into poverty by mid-2022.

3. Myanmar

• Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup in Feb. 2021, sparking mass demonstrations and a bloody crackdown on protesters.

• The junta has now moved to quash resistance groups that formed at the border.

• 440,000 people have been displaced, and 14.4 million now need humanitarian assistance.

4. Yemen

• Fighting between a Saudi-led coalition and Iranian aligned Houthi group has displaced 4.2 million people.

• Yemen is now facing one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, with one civilian killed or injured every hour in 2022.

• The level of hunger is unprecedented, and 80% of the population is in need of humanitarian aid.

5. Syria

• The 11-year conflict in Syria has destroyed cities and created the world’s largest displacement crisis.

• Almost one in two young people (47%) said a close relative or friend had been killed in the conflict.

• Last year, millions of people were pushed deeper into poverty by the worst economic crisis since the conflict began.

5. Palestine

• One of the world’s longest conflicts, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip has lasted 54 years.

• In May 2021, fighting erupted when Hamas militants in Gaza fired rockets at Israel after several Israeli police raids on 21 the al-Asqa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, and Israel announced plans to evict several Palestinian families from their homes in a East Jerusalem neighborhood.

• Daily violence continues across the West Bank.

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