Explainer
Civil War vs Insurgency vs Rebellion: What Do the Terms Mean?
These political and military labels overlap, but they are not interchangeable legal categories. Here is how to read them in conflict reporting.
Browse
Topic: Armed groups
Explainer
What Is a Proxy War?
A proxy war involves outside powers supporting local or regional belligerents rather than fighting only through their own forces. The label is useful—but can…
Explainer
What Is a ‘Frozen Conflict’?
A frozen conflict is a political description for unresolved conflict with reduced or intermittent fighting. It does not mean the dispute is settled or…
Country
Myanmar
Country profile for Myanmar’s multi-sided conflict following the February 2021 military takeover.
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country profile for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including conflict in the eastern provinces.
Conflict
Myanmar Civil War
Myanmar’s multi-sided armed conflict following the 2021 military takeover, involving the military, resistance forces and multiple ethnic armed organisations.
Conflict
Eastern DRC Conflict
Overlapping armed conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, including M23 and other armed groups.
Post
DRC: displacement remains concentrated in eastern provinces
UNHCR reports 6.9 million internally displaced people in the DRC, more than 5 million in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri.