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Revision as of 21:03, 10 August 2011

  Major wars, 1,000+ deaths per year
  Other conflicts
For recent conflicts that are no longer significantly ongoing, see List of wars 2003–2010 and List of wars 2011-present.

The following is a list of ongoing military 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. Military 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.

1,000+ deaths per year

Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1,000 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 1,000 violent deaths per year categorisation.[4]

Start of conflict War/conflict Location Cumulative fatalities Fatalities in 2010
1964 Colombian Armed Conflict  Colombia 50,000–200,000 1,000+[5]
1967 Naxalite-Maoist insurgency  India ~11,200 1,174+[6]
1978 Afghan civil war  Afghanistan 600,000–2,000,000 10,461+ [7]
1991 Somali Civil War  Somalia 300,000[8] –400,000[9] 2,318+[10]
2003 War in Iraq  Iraq 101,366-1,455,590[11] [12] 4,571+[13]
2004 War in North-West Pakistan  Pakistan 30,452[14] 7,435[15]
2004 Shi’ite Insurgency in Yemen  Yemen 12,833–16,439[16][17][18] 8,000
2006 Mexican Drug War  Mexico 39,392+[19] 24,374[20]
2009 Sudanese nomadic conflicts  Sudan 2,000–2,500[21] 708
2011 Libyan civil war  Libya 13,000-20,000[22] N/A
2011 South Kordofan conflict  Sudan 1,500+ N/A

Other conflicts

There are many other smaller-scale armed conflicts that are currently causing a smaller number of violent fatalities each year. Several short-lived violent conflicts have arisen as part of the Arab Spring in 2011, though the phenomenon has included many peaceful protests.

Start of conflict War/conflict Location Cumulative fatalities
1948[23][24] Korean Conflict  North Korea and  South Korea 2,000,000-4,000,000
1948 Internal conflict in Burma  Burma 100,000-121,000
1948 Israeli–Palestinian conflict  Israel and  Palestinian territories 14,500+[25]
1964 Insurgency in Northeast India  India ~25,000[26]
1969[27] Insurgency in the Philippines[28]  Philippines ~120,000[29]
1969 Papua Conflict  Indonesia 75,000 - 100,000
1975 Western Sahara War  Mauritania,  Morocco, and Western Sahara 13,000 - 24,000
1975 Insurgency in Laos  Laos 100,000+
1978 Turkey – Kurdistan Workers' Party conflict  Turkey and  Iraq 45,000–[30] 100,000[31][32][33]
1987 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency  Uganda,  South Sudan,  DR Congo and  Central African Republic ~12,000
1989 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir  India ~68,000[34]
1990 Casamance Conflict  Senegal ~1,000
2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb  Algeria,  Mali,  Mauritania and  Morocco 6,000+
2004 Conflict in the Niger Delta  Nigeria 4,000–10,000[35]
2004 Balochistan conflict  Iran and  Pakistan 2,500+
2004 Iran–Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan conflict  Iran 170-330
2004 South Thailand insurgency  Thailand ~4,100
2007 Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara The Sahara Desert 364
2008 Cambodian–Thai border stand-off  Cambodia and  Thailand 40–200+
2009 Insurgency in the North Caucasus  Russia 1,110+
2009 South Yemen insurgency  Yemen 1,554+[36][37]
2010 Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown  Yemen 1,127+

See also

References

  1. ^ "Definitions Uppsala Conflict Data Program". Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  2. ^ "The World at War". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups, A Manual & Guidelines for Practitioners". Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  4. ^ "UN peacekeeping chief says Darfur `a low-intensity conflict' with 150 deaths a month". Retrieved 7 May 2009. [dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/17441-military-claims-to-have-killed-3500-criminals-in-2011.html
  6. ^ "India's Maoists offer ceasefire". BBC News. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  7. ^ [1] 2,412+ civilians, 711 foreign troops, 1,292 Afghan police, 821 Afghan soldiers and 5,225 insurgents kileld in 2010
  8. ^ "Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides". Users.erols.com. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  9. ^ John Pike (5 November 2004). "Hundreds of thousands killed in years of war, says new president". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  10. ^ [2]
  11. ^ "Iraq Body Count". Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  12. ^ http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq
  13. ^ [3]
  14. ^ "'Global War on Terror Claims 30,000 Pakistani Casualties'".
  15. ^ [4]
  16. ^ "Armed Conflicts Report - Yemen". Ploughshares.ca. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  17. ^ "Bloody 2009- Yemen Post English Newspaper Online". Yemenpost.net. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  18. ^ "Saudi: Bodies of 20 soldiers found on Yemen border".
  19. ^ "Mexico says 28,000 killed in drugs war since 2006". BBC News. 4 August 2010.
  20. ^ "Durante 2010 hubo 24 mil 374 homicidios en México: La Jornada". INEGI. 28 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Scores killed in Sudan tribal clash".
  22. ^ "Libya death toll 'reaches 10,000'". Yahoo.com. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  23. ^ "MacArthur - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  24. ^ verify source
  25. ^ Armed Conflicts Report: Israel-Palestine (1948 - first combat deaths), January 2010
  26. ^ "War Profile ­ Iraq/US" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2011. {{cite web}}: soft hyphen character in |title= at position 13 (help)
  27. ^ This is disputed as some roots of the conflict originate back in the early 1900's
  28. ^ Guide to the Philippines conflict BBC
  29. ^ "The Mindanao Conflict in the Philippines: Roots, Costs, and Potential Peace Dividend" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  30. ^ "Turkish jets attack PKK militants".
  31. ^ Los Angeles Times TURKEY: Kurdish teenager convicted as terrorist for attending demonstration
  32. ^ "Humanitarian Law Project v. U.S. Dept. of Justice" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  33. ^ "Turkey, US, and the PKK". Kurdishaspect.com. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  34. ^ Associated Press[dead link]
  35. ^ "Armed Conflicts Report - Nigeria". Ploughshares.ca. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  36. ^ [5]
  37. ^ [6]

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