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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 lists 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).

Start of Conflict	War/Conflict	Location	Cumulative fatalities
1983	Sri Lankan Civil War	Sri Lanka	~80,000
1997	Kivu conflict	Democratic Republic of the Congo	~4,000,000
2001	War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	35,000
2003	War in Darfur	Sudan	200,000 - 400,000
2003	Iraq War	Iraq	100,000 - 1,124,303 (see: Casualties of the Iraq War)
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Pakistan	~11,345
2006	War in Somalia	Somalia	~21,077
2006	Mexican Drug War	Mexico	7,882

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	Kayin and Burma	~7,000
1964	Colombian Civil War	Colombia	Millions
1975	The Secret War	Laos	2,000 - 3,000
1984	Turkey-PKK conflict	PKK (Kurdish militants) and Turkey	~37,000
1987	Second Ugandan Civil War	Uganda	~12,000
1990	Casamance Conflict	Senegal	~500
1993	Ethnic conflict in Nagaland	India	~43,000
1995	Insurgency in Ogaden	Ethopia	~125
1996	Naxalite-Maoist insurgency	East Central part of India	~4,483
2000	Second Chechen War	Russia and Ichkeria	~90,000
2000	Second Intifada	Israel and Palestine	~6,500
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Algeria, Mauritania, and Morocco	~6000
2004	Kivu conflict	Democratic Republic of the Congo	unknown
2004	Balochistan conflict	Balochistan and Pakistan	~9,000
2004	Iran-PJAK conflict	Iran and PJAK (Kurdish militants)	unknown
2004	South Thailand insurgency	Pattani and Thailand	~2,500
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta	Nigeria	unknown
2005	Fourth Civil War of Chad	Chad	~1,400
2007	Second Tuareg Rebellion	Mali and Niger	~350

See also

• List of wars (including historical wars)
• Modern warfare
• Declaration of war
• List of terrorist incidents

References

1. "The World at War". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
2. ASIANEWSNET as of end of 2008
3. "Britain, France push for more U.N. troops in Congo". CNN. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
4. Ethnic Conflict in India
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/Casualties_of_the_Second_Chechen_War
6. Balochistan and Pakistan death tolls]
7. Niger and Mali death toll from the Second Tuareg Rebellion

External links

• PeaceReporter coverage of ongoing wars
• Global Security coverage of ongoing wars
• BIPPI coverage of ongoing wars
• History Guy's coverage of 21st century wars
• Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
  • Conflict Barometer - Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements
• Insight on Conflict - Database on peace-building initiatives in areas of conflict
• Crisis Group conflict analysis
• Iraqi Death Total Over 600,000

• Lists of wars by date