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In 2022, an eight-year crisis in eastern Ukraine became a major conflict in just a few weeks thanks to a full-scale invasion.

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Within the first 24 hours of fighting, the UN reported 240 civilian casualties, including 34 deaths. Since then, the violence hasn't slowed down, with intense fighting spreading across the country.

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In less than a year, Ukraine became one of the world's largest refugee and humanitarian crises, with 14.6 million people in need of some form of assistance.

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Israel-Hamas -

The Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel's subsequent attack on Gaza have taken the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict into an awful new chapter.

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Since the escalation of the conflict began last October, over 40,000 people have died in the Gaza Strip and more than 90,000 others have been injured.

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Some 1.9 million people have been forced to leave their homes. That's a staggering 85% of the total population of Gaza.

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Sudan -

On April 15, 2023, violent clashes in Sudan's capital of Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) sparked a nationwide conflict.

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Over a year later, nearly half of the country's population require some form of humanitarian assistance, and the situation shows no signs of improving.

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In fact, on August 1, 2024, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification declared famine in North Darfur.

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The Sahel -

A decade of armed conflict in the western African region has resulted in a deteriorating humanitarian situation, including in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.

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Across central Sahel, conflict fatalities from political violence increased by a staggering 38% and civilian deaths by over 18% in 2023.

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that 33 million people will require humanitarian aid across the region in 2024, especially given renewed hostilities and added political instability.

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Myanmar -

In 2021, a military coup plunged Myanmar into civil war, proliferating armed groups in a place already rife with ethnic divisions.

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The humanitarian crisis in Myanmar has deteriorated dramatically in the first quarter of 2024, characterized by persistent conflict, surging displacement, and disrupted basic services.

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The civil war continues to escalate, and more than 3.1 million people are internally displaced in precarious conditions.

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Syria -

Since early 2011, a civil conflict in Syria has resulted in enormous suffering for millions of people.

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In 2024, 16.7 million people require humanitarian assistance, and the country remains the root of the world's largest refugee crisis.

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Conditions became worse for thousands in February 2023, following a series of catastrophic earthquakes in the northern and western regions of the country.

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Haiti -

Since the killing of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, gang violence in Haiti has mushroomed. Criminals control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as areas to the north of the island nation.

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The first quarter of 2024 was the deadliest for Haitians, with around 2,500 people killed or injured in gang violence.

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Then in March 2024, armed gangs stormed Haiti's two largest prisons, resulting in more than 4,700 inmates escaping. The gangs demanded that Prime Minister Ariel Henry resign, attacking and closing Toussaint Louverture International Airport and preventing Henry from entering the country.

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Yemen -

In 2014, Yemen became the site of a civil war when Houthi forces took over the capital city, Sanaa. This was followed by a rapid Houthi takeover of the government.

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Ten years later, Yemen's internal divisions and a Saudi-led military intervention have spawned an intractable political, military, and humanitarian crisis.

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Around 18.2 million people will require humanitarian assistance in 2024, including five million children under the age of five.

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Ethiopia -

Since November 2020, Ethiopia has faced regional conflict, beginning in the Tigray region. A peace deal was signed in Tigray in November 2022, but recovery is ongoing.

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In addition to conflict and insecurity, extreme drought and disease outbreaks have aggravated the situation for Ethiopians.

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As of 2024, the UN estimates that 28.6 million people across the country require humanitarian assistance.

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DRC -

The scene of one of the worst civil wars in African history, the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has moved from a national conflict in the late '90s to a series of smaller localized conflicts. However, that doesn't lessen its damage.

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Sporadic waves of fighting across many parts of the country, in particular eastern regions, make the DRC a complex and challenging humanitarian situation.

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Over six million Congolese were internally displaced at the beginning of 2024, making the DRC one of the largest internal displacement crisis in the world. 

Sources: (United Nations) (DW) (Politico) (Concern Worldwide)

See also: Countries that were in the most wars

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