![]() Only two armed conflicts were fought between states: the ongoing border clashes between India and Pakistan, and the border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan for control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which escalated into a high-intensity conflict. ![]() Two intrastate conflicts were major armed conflicts (with more than 10 000 conflict-related deaths in the year)-Afghanistan and Yemen-and 16 were high-intensity armed conflicts (with 1000–9999 conflict-related deaths)-Mexico, Syria, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, Iraq, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Cameroon, Libya, the Philippines, India and Niger. As in preceding years, most took place within a single country (intrastate), between government forces and one or more armed non-state group(s). Active armed conflicts occurred in at least 39 states in 2020 (5 more than in 2019): 2 in the Americas, 7 in Asia and Oceania, 3 in Europe, 7 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and 20 in sub-Saharan Africa.
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