Ongoing Civil Wars
The following civil wars are ongoing as of 2011. Only ongoing conflicts meeting the definition of a civil war are listed. See list of ongoing military conflicts and lists of active separatist movements for lists with a wider scope.
- Colombian armed conflict, since 1964.
- Afghan civil war, since 1978.
- Ugandan Civil War, since 1987.
- Somali Civil War, since 1991.
- Sa'dah insurgency, since 2004 in Yemen
- Civil war in Iraq, since ca. 2007, part of the larger War in Iraq (2003-2011).
- Internal conflict in Burma since 1949, restarted 8–9 November 2010
- Civil war in the Republic of Ingushetia, since 2007
- Syrian civil war March 15 2011-present
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Famous quotes containing the words ongoing, civil and/or wars:
“When one of us dies of cancer, loses her mind, or commits suicide, we must not blame her for her inability to survive an ongoing political mechanism bent on the destruction of that human being. Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions.”
—Ana Castillo (b. 1953)
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it—to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Fortunately art is a community effort—a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)