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Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Photo by AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1749637700038Screen Shot 2025-06-11 at 6.27.54 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Photo by AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. <em>Photo by AFP</em></span></span></span>OSLO, Norway — The world saw the highest number of armed conflicts in almost 80 years in 2024, dethroning 2023 as a record year, a Norwegian study published Wednesday showed, highlighting the risks linked to a US disengagement.</div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/9/israel-diverts-gaza-bound-aid-boat-carrying-greta-thunberg-1751">Israel diverts Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg</a></div><p>Last year, 61 conflicts were registered in the world across 36 countries, with some countries experiencing several simultaneous conflicts, the report by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (Prio) said.</p><p>In 2023, there were 59 conflicts in 34 countries.</p><p>&quot;This is not just a spike -- it&#x27;s a structural shift,&quot; said Siri Aas Rustad, the main author of the report which covers trends in armed conflicts in the period 1946-2024.</p><p>&quot;The world today is far more violent, and far more fragmented, than it was a decade ago,&quot; she said.</p><p>Africa remained the most ravaged continent, with 28 conflicts involving at least one state, followed by Asia with 17, the Middle East with 10, Europe with three and the Americas with two.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/16/more-hollywood-stars-join-protest-over-israel-s-genocide-in-gaza-2035">More Hollywood stars join protest over Israel&#x27;s &#x27;genocide&#x27; in Gaza</a></div><p>More than half of these countries experienced two or more conflicts.</p><p>The number of deaths resulting from fighting remained around the same level as in 2023, at about 129,000, making 2024 the fourth-deadliest year since the end of the Cold War in 1989, the study said.</p><p>The death toll was led by the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, as well as clashes in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.</p><p>&quot;Now is not the time for the United States -– or any global power -– to retreat from international engagement,&quot; Rustad said.</p><p>&quot;Isolationism in the face of rising global violence would be a profound mistake with long-term human life consequences,&quot; she said, a reference to US President Donald Trump&#x27;s &quot;America First&quot; campaign.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/6/what-is-genocide-and-is-it-happening-in-gaza-1121">What is genocide and is it happening in Gaza?</a></div><p>&quot;It is a mistake to assume the world can look away. Whether under President Trump or any future administration, abandoning global solidarity now would mean walking away from the very stability the US helped build after 1945,&quot; she said.</p><p>The study is based on data compiled by Sweden&#x27;s Uppsala University.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QRDSJkJTckc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The world saw the highest number of armed conflicts in almost 80 years in 2024, dethroning 2023 as a record year, a Norwegian study showed.</p>

The world saw the highest number of armed conflicts in almost 80 years in 2024, dethroning 2023 as a record year, a Norwegian study showed.

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Highest number of conflicts worldwide in 2024 since 1946: study

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Published Jun 11, 2025 06:44 PM PHT

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