The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world and continue to result in violence.
This list of ongoing armed conflicts is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The guidelines of inclusion are:
The 4 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.
The 10 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
The 29 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.
The 14 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in current or past calendar year.
This section details armed conflict-related fatalities by country in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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