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This is a list of current wars. There is also a list of recent wars, for those conflicts that have officially ended. While it is simple to determine if a formally declared conventional wars is over, it is much more difficult to determine a clear endpoint for the low intensity warfare that afflicts so many countries today.
- 1964-Colombian Insurgencies (aka Colombian Civil War, Colombian Conflict)
- 1978-Aceh (Indonesia)
- 1983-Sri Lanka
- 1988-Casamance Conflict
- 1987-Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, Uganda
- 1991-Somalian Civil War
- 1994-Chiapas, Mexico
- 1996-Nepal Civil War
- 1999-Second Chechen War
- 1999-Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri war)
- 1999-Liberia
- 2001-Civil War in Côte d'Ivoire
- 2001-Philippines, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
- 2002-Conflict between U.S.-backed central government and Taliban guerillas, as well as dissident regional factions.
- 2003 Darfur conflict, Sudan
- Civil war in Peru of Shining Path rebels and others
Countries where United Nations peacekeepers are currently deployed
Year of initial deployment in parentheses.
Africa
- Burundi (2004)
- Côte d'Ivoire (2004)
- Liberia (2003)
- Democratic Republic of Congo (1999)
- Ethiopia and Eritrea (2000)
- Sierra Leone (1999)
- Western Sahara (1991) - Under a cease-fire between Polisario and Morocco since 1991.
Americas
- Haiti (2004)
Asia
- East Timor (2002)
- India and Pakistan (1949)
Europe
Middle East
- Golan Heights (1974)
- Lebanon (1978)
- Middle East (1948)