#UPSC Asks about Places in Conflicts & Surrounding Areas
Compiled 20 On-Going Conflicts of 2023-24
- Africa to South America to Asia
- Maritime Issues to Border Disputes
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Important Thread for #UPSCPrelims2024 🧵
Compiled 20 On-Going Conflicts of 2023-24
- Africa to South America to Asia
- Maritime Issues to Border Disputes
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Important Thread for #UPSCPrelims2024 🧵
1. Kurram Parachinar conflict
- Khyber Pakhtun Region of Pakistan
- Local Clashes of Tribes & Afghanistan Border
- Border of Afghanistan: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China
- Khyber Pakhtun Region of Pakistan
- Local Clashes of Tribes & Afghanistan Border
- Border of Afghanistan: Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China
2. Essequibo Conflict
- Guyana & Venezuela
- Significant Oil Reserves around the region hence the conflict
Note: Shares border with Brazil also, check the map
- Guyana & Venezuela
- Significant Oil Reserves around the region hence the conflict
Note: Shares border with Brazil also, check the map
3. Kirkuk Unrest
- @ Iraq
- Conflicted with the Kurds & Popular Mobilization Forces
- Iraq Borders see the map
Just remember Jordan & Kuwait baaki toh easy hai
- @ Iraq
- Conflicted with the Kurds & Popular Mobilization Forces
- Iraq Borders see the map
Just remember Jordan & Kuwait baaki toh easy hai
4. Abyei border conflict
- Sudan & South Sudan Border
- UN Peace Keeping Force All Woman Forces from India Sent here
Darfur Dikha? We will read about this too
- Sudan & South Sudan Border
- UN Peace Keeping Force All Woman Forces from India Sent here
Darfur Dikha? We will read about this too
5. Nagorno Karabagh
Too many people covered this too many times.
Ab tak yaad hogya hoga. See the map and check borders
Too many people covered this too many times.
Ab tak yaad hogya hoga. See the map and check borders
6. Boko Haram Insurgency
- Spread over large parts of Africa
- Involved are Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon
- Spread over large parts of Africa
- Involved are Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon
7. Coups in Africa
Here's all the countries list
- Gabon
- Niger
- Sudan
- Burkina Faso
- Sierra Leone
- Guinea Bissau
Here's all the countries list
- Gabon
- Niger
- Sudan
- Burkina Faso
- Sierra Leone
- Guinea Bissau
8. Cabo Delgado Insurgency
- @ Mozambique
- fought b/w militant Islamists & jihadists attempting to establish an Islamic state
- @ Mozambique
- fought b/w militant Islamists & jihadists attempting to establish an Islamic state
9. Kamwina Nsapu Rebellion
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Batwa - Luba clashes too around here
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Batwa - Luba clashes too around here
10. Ogaden, Tigray, Oromo & Amahara
- Ethiopia Conflict
- Asked in Prelims before too.
- Note: Ethiopia is landlocked, could be a tricky question
- Ethiopia Conflict
- Asked in Prelims before too.
- Note: Ethiopia is landlocked, could be a tricky question
11. Bakkasi Conflict
- @ Cameroon
- Boko Haram Involved, Anglophone Crisis
- @ Cameroon
- Boko Haram Involved, Anglophone Crisis
12. Ituri & Kivu Conflict
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- It also has Katanga Plateau
- A 37km coastline too, bordering may lakes also
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- It also has Katanga Plateau
- A 37km coastline too, bordering may lakes also
13. Somalia - Land of New Crisis
- Mogadishu Crisis
- Puntland Somaliland
- Las Anod conflict
- Jubbaland conflict with Kenya
- Mogadishu Crisis
- Puntland Somaliland
- Las Anod conflict
- Jubbaland conflict with Kenya
14. MERCOSUR Clash
- over the free navigability of the rivers in the Río de la Plata Basin
- Includes Argentina vs Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil
- over the free navigability of the rivers in the Río de la Plata Basin
- Includes Argentina vs Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil
15. Darien Gap
- Isthmus Types connect Colombia & Panama
- Rich in Biodiversity
- Isthmus Types connect Colombia & Panama
- Rich in Biodiversity
16. Kuril Islands - Japan & Russia conflict
17. Kinmen Islands - Disputed with Taiwan & China
18. Triton Island & Parcel Island - Vietnam & China
19. 2nd Thomas Shoal (Philippines vs China)
20. Spratley Islands & Taiping Islands (ASEAN & China)
17. Kinmen Islands - Disputed with Taiwan & China
18. Triton Island & Parcel Island - Vietnam & China
19. 2nd Thomas Shoal (Philippines vs China)
20. Spratley Islands & Taiping Islands (ASEAN & China)
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