Wars

[riley]

How many wars are raging across the world today?

[COKOL]

Hello Riley,

According to the United Nations there are approximately 50 wars taking place around the world, today.

Here are some of countries on the UN's list:

Afghanistan,
Algeria,
Azerbaijan,
Burma (Myanmar),
Burundi,
China-Taiwan,
China-Tibet,
Cyprus,
Diaoyutai Islands,
East Timor,
Eritrea-Yemen,
Guatemala,
Haiti,
Iraq (Iraq-United States),
Kashmir,
Kosovo,
Liberia,
Middle East, Northern Iraq (Kurdistan)
Northern Ireland,
Peru-Ecuador,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Zaire (Congo),

[Larsson]

Depending on who you ask and why you will get a wide range of answers. SIPRI (the Stockholm Peace Research Institute) claim that there are 24 'Major Armed Conflicts' in the world. Other researchers will claim there are almost 100 armed conflicts around the world today (and yes, I am one of them). It depends on what criteria you use; 1,000 deaths/year, 1 death or doesn't anyone have to die for it to be a war. -Can you measure human suffering in economic terms?

[Ginbottle]

I have the answer; The war against poverty, against apartheid, against disease, against homelessness, against harmful weather effects, the war against coastal erosion: Thes are the wars that rage around the world today and forever.