The deadliest state-based conflict in Africa in 2024 was, by far, the war in the Tigray region in Ethiopia between the Ethiopian Government and the rebel group TPLF. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people were killed in the conflict that year.
The Angolan Civil War, beginning at the time of the country's independence from Portugal in 1975, was a 27-year struggle involving the deaths of over 500,000 soldiers and civilians.