List of ongoing conflicts

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The following is a list of ongoing conflicts that are taking place around the world and which continue to result in violent deaths. This list is for the sole purpose of identifying present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. Fatality figures include both civilian and military deaths. Conflicts which no longer produce violent deaths are not listed here, but can be found in the historical list of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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[edit] 1000+ deaths per year

Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1000 violent deaths per year, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program[1] and recognised by the United Nations[2][3]. The UN also use the term "low intensity conflict", which can overlap with the 1000 violent deaths per year categorization.[4]

Start of Conflict War/Conflict Location Cumulative fatalities
1991 Somali Civil War  Somalia 300,000[5] –400,000[6]
2001 War in Afghanistan  Afghanistan ~70,000
2003 Iraq War  Iraq (see: 100,000–1,000,000)
2004 War in North-West Pakistan  Pakistan ~13,900
2004 Sa'dah insurgency  Yemen and  Saudi Arabia ~4,500[7]
2006 Mexican Drug War  Mexico 10,475[8]

[edit] Other conflicts

There are many other smaller-scale armed conflicts that are currently causing a smaller number of violent fatalities each year.

Start of Conflict War/Conflict Location Cumulative fatalities
1948 Internal conflict in Burma  Myanmar ~ 7.000
1958 Operations of ETA Various autonomous communities throughout Spain Spain, including Basque Country (autonomous community) the Basque Country 828 [9]
1961 Organisasi Papua Merdeka  West Papua Unknown
1964 Colombian Armed Conflict  Colombia 50,000–200,000 [10]
1969 Communist & Islamic Insurgency[11]  Philippines ~120,000 [12]
1967 Naxalite-Maoist Insurgency  India ~6,000
1975 Hmong Insurgency  Laos ~3,000
1978 Turkey–Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict  Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan ~40,000[13]
1985 Assam conflict In bodo-colors.gif Bodoland of  India Unknown
1987 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Flag of Lord's Resistance Army.svg  Uganda,  Southern Sudan,  Democratic Republic of the Congo &  Central African Republic ~13,000
1989 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Jammu-Kashmir-flag.svg Jammu and Kashmir of  India ~60,000
1996 Uighur insurgency  East Turkestan Unknown
1997 Liberation of Cabinda Flag of Cabinda.svg Cabinda Unknown
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb  Algeria,  Mali,  Mauritania,  Morocco,  Niger and  Tunisia Unknown
2002 Islamic and Pirate Insurgencies  Djibouti and  Eritrea ~60
2003 Kivu conflict Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo and  Rwanda ~400
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta  Nigeria unknown
2004 South Thailand insurgency Flag of Pattani.svg Pattani and  Thailand 3,930
2005 Fourth Civil War of Chad  Chad ~1,400[citation needed]
2006 Fijian crisis  Fiji and Flag of Rotuma (1987-1988).svg Rotuma ~500
2007 Conflict in the Trans Sahara  Senegal ~1,500
2007 Civil war in Ingushetia  Ingushetia 800
2009 North Caucasus Insurgency  Chechnya,  Dagestan and  Ingushetia ~200

[edit] See also

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Lists of wars by date

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Definitions". http://www.pcr.uu.se/database/definitions_all.htm#inten. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  2. ^ "The World at War". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/index.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
  3. ^ "Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups, A Manual & Guidelines for Practitioners". http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitariannegotiations/Chapter1-2.htm#FNfour. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  4. ^ "UN peacekeeping chief says Darfur `a low-intensity conflict' with 150 deaths a month". http://www.startribune.com/nation/43815017.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUUr. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  5. ^ Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides
  6. ^ Hundreds of thousands killed in years of war, says new president
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Zach (Septembre 21, 2009). "YEMEN’S ‘BLOODIEST FIGHTING IN YEARS’". http://warisboring.com/?p=2623. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 
  8. ^ Gonzalez, Maria de la Luz (2009-03-25). "Suman 10 mil 475 ejecuciones en esta administración: PGR" (in Spanish). El Universal. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/166613.html. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
  9. ^ http://www.mir.es/DGRIS/Terrorismo_de_ETA/ultimas_victimas/p12b-esp.htm
  10. ^ http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-Colombia.html#Deaths
  11. ^ Guide to the Philippines conflict BBC
  12. ^ The Mindanao Conflict in the Philippines: Roots, Costs, and Potential Peace Dividend
  13. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6537751.stm

[edit] External links

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