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Active Conflict Zones
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Cabo Delgado
Mozambique's northernmost province, where an Islamic State-linked insurgency persists beside Africa's largest gas projects
Darfur
Sudan's vast western region, almost entirely under RSF control since the fall of El Fasher
Donbas
Ukraine's eastern coal-and-steel heartland, mostly held by Russia and the crux of peace talks
Eastern DR Congo (the Kivus)
Volcanic, mineral-rich highlands on Rwanda's border where the AFC/M23 rebellion holds Goma and Bukavu
Port-au-Prince
Haiti's capital, where armed gangs control most of the city and a UN-authorized force has begun operations
Rakhine State
Myanmar's Bay of Bengal coast, now mostly held by the Arakan Army and ancestral home of the Rohingya
The Central Sahel
The Mali–Burkina Faso–Niger borderlands, epicenter of the world's deadliest jihadist insurgencies
The Gaza Strip
A narrow Mediterranean coastal strip divided by a ceasefire line since October 2025
The West Bank
Hill country west of the Jordan River at the center of the debate over a Palestinian state
Tigray
Ethiopia's northern highland region, back at war in 2026 four years after the Pretoria peace deal