CURRENT ARMED CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD AT THE BEGINNING OF 2017

CURRENT ARMED CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD AT THE BEGINNING OF 2017

Stes de Necker

NOTE

This list of ongoing armed conflicts is for the sole purpose of representing present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. All totals are based on the most relyable sources available but can never be 100% correct.

The criteria for inclusion in the list are:

1. Armed conflicts must consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental alike.

Interstate, intrastate and non-state armed conflicts are listed.

2. Fatality figures include battle-related deaths (military and civilian) as well as civilians intentionally targeted by the parties to an armed conflict.

Only direct deaths resulting from violence are included for the current and past year; excess deaths indirectly resulting from famine, disease and disruption of services are included along with violent deaths only in the cumulative fatalities count, where available.

3. Listed conflicts are at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or past calendar year.

4. Fatality totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information – the actual toll could be higher.

5. Location refers to the state(s) where the main violence takes place, not to the warring parties. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states.

6. Only states with ongoing military activity are listed

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	Fatalities in 2016
1922	Arab separatism in Khuzestan ·         ASMLA insurgency	Asia	Iran	200–339	4
1946	Kurdish separatism in Iran	Asia	Iran	13,100+–35,000	74-149+
1947	Kashmir conflict ·         2016 Kashmir unrest	Asia	India  Pakistan	43,910–47,000	289
1948	Balochistan conflict	Asia	Pakistan  Iran	4,100+	633
1948	Internal conflict in Myanmar	Asia	Myanmar	130,000–210,000	228
1960	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	6,543+	116
1963	West Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	150,000–400,000	4
1963	Insurgency in Northeast India	Asia	India	25,000+	160
1964	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Asia	Israel  Palestine	24,000	120
1964	Colombian conflict	South America	Colombia	220,000	156
1967	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency	Asia	India	13,832+	430
1969	CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion	Asia	Philippines	43,388+	99
1969	Moro conflict	Asia	Philippines	120,000	439+
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	30,000	109
1978	War in Afghanistan ·         War in Afghanistan (2015–present)	Asia	Afghanistan	1,240,000–2,000,000	23,539+
1980	Internal conflict in Peru	South America	Peru	70,000	10
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	Senegal	5,000	10
1984	Kurdish–Turkish conflict ·         Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)	Asia	Turkey  Syria  Iraq	45,000+	1,905
1987	LRA insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Central African Republic  South Sudan  Sudan	100,000+	45
1988	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ·         2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes	Asia	Armenia  Azerbaijan	27,287+	189-369
1989	Sectarianism in Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	5,457	137
1989	Internal conflict in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	1,427	139
1989	Xinjiang conflict	Asia	China	860+	10
1991	Somali Civil War ·         War in Somalia	Africa	Somalia  Kenya	500,000	5,699
1992	Oromo conflict	Africa	Ethiopia	1,600–8,900	315
1995	Ogaden insurgency	Africa	Ethiopia	1,400–11,000	137
1995	Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict ·         Second Afar insurgency	Africa	Eritrea  Ethiopia	70,000+	54
1996	Allied Democratic Forces insurgency	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,144	349
1998	Communal conflicts in Nigeria	Africa	Nigeria	17,156	1,131+
1999	Ituri conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60,000+	55
2002	Insurgency in the Maghreb	Africa	Algeria  Tunisia Sahel region	2,944	141
2003	War in Darfur	Africa	Sudan	178,363+	1,386+
2003	Iraq War ·         Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)	Asia	Iraq	251,000–1,000,000	23,912+
2004	Conflict in the Niger Delta ·         2016 Niger Delta conflict	Africa	Nigeria	2,300+	15
2004	War in North-West Pakistan	Asia	Pakistan	60,854	643
2004	Kivu conflict	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Burundi	1,600,000	226
2006	Mexican Drug War	North America	Mexico	93,000+	12,224
2009	Sudanese nomadic conflicts	Africa	Sudan	5,000+	205
2009	Insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia	3,366	202
2009	Boko Haram insurgency	Africa	Nigeria  Cameroon  Niger  Chad	47,700+	3,551
2011	Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon	Asia	Lebanon	820+	24
2011	Libyan Crisis ·         Libyan Civil War	Africa	Libya	14,382	2,795
2011	Yemeni Crisis ·         Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)	Asia	Yemen  Saudi Arabia	9,400+–15,500	1,500
2011	Sinai insurgency	Africa	Egypt	4,544+	1,131+
2011	South Kordofan conflict	Africa	Sudan	7,000+	1,427+
2011	Ethnic violence in South Sudan ·         South Sudanese Civil War	Africa	South Sudan  Ethiopia	50,000+	2,444+
2011	Syrian Civil War	Asia	Syria	312,000–470,000	49,742–60,000
2014	War in Donbass	Europe	Ukraine	10,000+	902
2015	Burundian unrest	Africa	Burundi	737	165
2015	Turkey–ISIL conflict	Asia	Turkey	339	160
2016	Kasaï-Central clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	243+	68   \
Totals   52				8,348,618	149,318