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This map shows the geographic areas of the present-day world where armed conflict is currently ongoing as of November 2008.
For recent conflicts that are no longer significantly ongoing, see List of wars 2003–current.
This is a list of ongoing conflicts that are happening around the world, 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.
1000+ deaths per year
Conflicts in the following list are currently causing at least 1000 violent deaths per year (a United Nations categorization[1]).
| Start of Conflict | War/Conflict | Location | Cumulative fatalities | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sri Lankan Civil War |  Sri Lanka
|
80,000 (+/-)[2] | |
| 1997 | Kivu conflict | File:Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,000,000 (+/-)[3] | |
| 2001 | War in Afghanistan |  Afghanistan
|
35,000 | |
| 2003 | War in Darfur |  Sudan
|
500,000 (+/-) | |
| 2003 | Iraq War | File:Flag of Iraq.png Iraq | 103,359+ - 1,136,920+ (see: Casualties of the Iraq War) | |
| 2004 | War in North-West Pakistan |  Pakistan
|
11,345 (+/-) | |
| 1988 | Somali Civil War |  Somalia
|
300,000[4] - 400,000[5] | |
| 2000 | Second Intifada |  Israel & Template:Country data Palestinian AuthorityTemplate:Namespace detect showall Palestinian territories
|
7,315 (+/-) | |
| 2006 | Mexican Drug War |  Mexico
|
8,400[6] |
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 | Kayin State Conflict | File:Kayinstateflag.png Kayin and Template:Country data BurmaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Burma | ~7,000 |
| 1964 | Colombian Civil War | Template:Country data ColombiaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Colombia | ~52,000 |
| 1969 | Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines[7] |  Philippines
|
~160,000+ |
| 1975 | The Secret War | Template:Country data LaosTemplate:Namespace detect showall Laos | 2,000 - 3,000 |
| 1984 | Turkey-PKK conflict |  PKK (Kurdish militants) and  Turkey
|
~37,000 |
| 1987 | Second Ugandan Civil War | Template:Country data UgandaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Uganda | ~12,000Template:Fact |
| 1989 | Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir |  India
|
~60,000 |
| 1993 | Ethnic conflict in Nagaland | India
|
~43,000[8] |
| 1995 | Insurgency in Ogaden |  Ethiopia
|
~125 |
| 1996 | Naxalite-Maoist insurgency | East Central part of India
|
~4,483 |
| 2000 | Second Chechen War | Template:Country data Russian FederationTemplate:Namespace detect showall Russia and Template:Country data Chechen Republic of IchkeriaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ichkeria | ~90,000[9] |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb |  Algeria, Template:Country data MauritaniaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mauritania, and Template:Country data MoroccoTemplate:Namespace detect showall Morocco
|
~6000Template:Fact |
| 2004 | Balochistan conflict | Template:Country data BalochistanTemplate:Namespace detect showall Balochistan and Template:Country data PakistanTemplate:Namespace detect showall Pakistan | ~9,000[10] |
| 2004 | South Thailand insurgency |  Patani and  Thailand
|
~3,500 [11] |
| 2004 | Conflict in the Niger Delta |  Nigeria
|
unknown |
| 2005 | Fourth Civil War of Chad | Template:Country data ChadTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chad | ~1,400Template:Fact |
| 2007 | Second Tuareg Rebellion | Template:Country data MaliTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mali and Template:Country data NigerTemplate:Namespace detect showall Niger | ~350[12] |
See also
- List of wars (including historical wars)
- Modern warfare
- Declaration of war
- List of terrorist incidents
Template:Lists of wars by date
Stub
- ↑ Gardini, Fausto. "The Demise of the Luxemburger Gazette". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ↑ ASIANEWSNET as of end of 2008
- ↑ Template:Cite news
- ↑ Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls and Casualty Statistics for Wars, Dictatorships and Genocides
- ↑ Hundreds of thousands killed in years of war, says new president
- ↑ bbc news.com. uk, elinuniversal.com, newamericamedia.com
- ↑ Guide to the Philippines conflict BBC
- ↑ Ethnic Conflict in India
- ↑ Gardini, Fausto. "The Demise of the Luxemburger Gazette". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ↑ Gardini, Fausto. "The Demise of the Luxemburger Gazette". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ↑ http://balita.ph/2008/12/05/five-dead-nine-wounded-in-narathiwat-bombing/
- ↑ Gardini, Fausto. "The Demise of the Luxemburger Gazette". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
