10 Worst Civil Wars List
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Current Civil Wars
- Sudan Northern Muslim dominated government v. Southern Xn and animists
- Congo Connected to Burundi civil war; ethnic clashes.
- Uganda Rebels: Joseph Kony, of the The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Uganda Rebels
- Russia Rebels: Chechnya's nationalist movement.
- Nepal Rebels: Maoist "People's War" group
- Somolia Four main warlords compete for control; there is no one legitimate government.
- Colombia Rebels: FARC, ELN (the war is 35 years old and rebels hold substantial parts of the nation's territory).
- Indonesia (Aceh province)
- India (Jammu-Kashmir)
- Burundi Rebels: "Force For Defense of Democracy" (Hutu Rebels) -- 11 year old war.
Other nations with active insurgencies or secessionist movements:
- Nigeria (Northern Islamist states v. Southern Christian-Animist regions)
- Moldova (Ethnic Russian Republic of Trans-Dniester secessionists effort)
- Mexico (Zapata Army of National Liberation)
- United Kingdom (Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland)
- Turkey (Kurdish rebels)
- Bhutan (Gorkha Liberation Movement)
- Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh region)
- Algeria (Armed Islamic Group v. Secular military lead government)
- Afghanistan (Taliban; Warlords)
- Iraq (Various)
- Georgia (Former Soviet)
- Philippines (S. Philippines Abu Sayyah insurgency, an Islamic movement)
- Spain (ETA Basque movement)
Dust Still Settling From Recent Civil Wars
- Liberia
- Haiti
- Ivory Coast
- Ethiopia
- Eritrea
- Bosnia (cold civil war under peacekeeper imposed truce)
- Angola (UNITA rebels)
Historic Civil Wars
- Taiping Rebellion estimated 20 million deaths
- Mexican Revolution
- American Civil War 500,000 deaths
- French Revolution
- English Civil War
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