It began in the Congo in August 1998. In 2008, the International Rescue Committee estimated that the war and its aftermath had caused 5.4 million deaths, principally through disease and malnutrition, making it the deadliest conflict worldwide since World War II.
It is an ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria fought between the Syrian Arab Republic led by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and various domestic and foreign forces that oppose both the Syrian government and each other, in varying combinations.
It was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement rebel groups began fighting against the government of Sudan, which they accused of oppressing Darfur's non-Arab population.
It was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.
It was an armed conflict from 2001 to 2021. It began when an international coalition led by the USA launched an invasion of Afghanistan, toppling the Taliban and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later. The conflict ultimately ended with the 2021 Taliban offensive, which overthrew the Islamic Republic, and re-established the Islamic Emirate.
It began in July 2009 when the Islamist terror outfit Boko Haram started an armed rebellion against the Nigerian government.The conflict is within the context of long-standing issues of religious violence between Nigeria's Muslims and Christians, and Boko Haram's aim to establish an Islamic state. .
The Yemeni civil war is an ongoing civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Presidential Leadership Council and the Mahdi al-Mashat-led Supreme Political Council. Both claim to constitute the official government of Yemen. .
It is an ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas war. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country.