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[edit] War

[edit] Current Conflicts

As of 2009:

Algeria (an ongoing insurgency and threat from al-Qaeda supporters, since 1992)
Angola (ongoing dispute over Cabinda, since 1975)
Burma (insurgency and protests from democracy activists since 1950)
China (dispute over Senkaku Islands, since 1968 and another over the Spratly Islands since 1988)
Colombia (insurgencies involving FARC since the 1970s)
Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) (Congo War since 1998)
Georgia (civil war and conflict with Russia, beginning in 1991)
India (conflicts with Assam, since 1985, Kashmir since the 1970s and the Naxalite Uprising since 1967)
Indonesia (four main conflicts, regarding Aceh since 1986, Kalimantan since 1983, Maluku since 1999, and Papua/West Irian, since 1963)
Israel (conflicts include the Al-Aqsa Intifada since 2000 and the war with Lebanon in 2006)
Ivory Coast (although the main fighting of the Civil War ended in 2004, the country is still in a state of conflict)
North Korea (technically still at war with South Korea since 1953)
Laos (Hmong Insurgency since 2000)
Moldova (conflict with the breakaway republic of Transdniester since 1991)
Namibia (conflict concerning the Caprivi Strip since 1966)
Nepal (although the Maoist insurgency has effectively ended and the country has become a republic, there is ongoing conflict)
Nigeria (various civil disturbances since 1997)
Pakistan (conflict over Baluchistan since 2004)
Palestine (Civil War between Hamas and Fatah since 2007)
Peru (Shining Path guerillas have staged conflicts since the 1970s)
Philippines (Moro Uprising since the 1970s)
Russia (Chechen Uprising since 1992 and war with Georgia, 2008)
Somalia (ongoing Civil War since 1991)
Spain (Basque Uprising and ongoing terrorism by ETA since the 1970s)
Sri Lanka (Tamil Separatists since 1983)
Sudan (war in the Darfur region since 1983)
Thailand (terrorist activity by Islamist rebels since 2001)
Turkey (Kurdistan since 1984)
Uganda (Civil Conflict since 1980)
United States (involved in conflicts in Afghanistan since 1980, Djibouti since 2001, Iraq since 1990, and the Philippines since 1998)
Uzbekistan (Civil Disturbances since 2005)
Yemen (terrorist activity from Sheik al-Houti and his supporters since 2004)

[edit] Africa’s zones of conflict

These are partly due to unsuitable, colonially-drawn frontiers in the 19th Century.
2 present major conflict zones:

The Central Africa chain of conflicts have become intertwined in recent years and ongoing wars between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, the genocidal wars of Rwanda and Burundi, the civil wars of Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Zaire, and Angola. This zone of conflict stretches from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic and has caused cumulatively over 10 million deaths in the past 20 years through famine or war.

The unresolved issue of the Western Sahara, now controlled by Morocco.