Armed Conflict Survey

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Chart of Conflict 2020

To cite this article: (2020) Chart of Conflict 2020, Armed Conflict Survey, 6:1, ei-ei, DOI:
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 CONFLICT START DATES
SUDAN (BLUE NILE &
SOUTH KORDOFAN) ETHIOPIA
SUDAN (DARFUR) 2011 (COMMUNAL

THE 2020 CHART OF

AFGHANISTAN 2003
ISRAEL–PALESTINE 2001 VIOLENCE)
1947 BRAZIL 2015
INDIA LIBYA
Early 1990s
PHILIPPINES (NPA) (CPI–MAOIST) 2011 NIGERIA (FARMER-
PAKISTAN

ARMED
1969 2004 LAKE CHAD THE SAHEL PASTORALIST)
2002
ARMENIA–AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRATIC BASIN (MALI & 2014
(NAGORNO-KARABAKH) REPUBLIC OF (BOKO HARAM) BURKINA FASO)
INDIA (NORTHEAST) COLOMBIA (BACRIMs) TURKEY (PKK) IRAQ 2009 CAMEROON
MYANMAR (EAOs) 1988 THE CONGO 2012 UKRAINE
1956 1964 1984 2003 2017
1949 1996 EGYPT 2014
2011
HONDURAS SOUTHERN CENTRAL
PHILIPPINES SOMALIA
2002 THAILAND AFRICAN YEMEN
(ASG & MORO) 1991
2004 REPUBLIC 2014
INDIA–PAKISTAN (KASHMIR) 1972 MEXICO 2012
1947 (CARTELS) SYRIA
SOUTH SUDAN
EL SALVADOR 2006 2011
2013
2003

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Turkey (PKK) Ukraine Syria Israel–Palestine Iraq Armenia–Azerbaijan Afghanistan Pakistan

1984 2014 2011 1947 2003 (Nagorno-Karabakh) 2001 2002
9 Israel 1988
GREENLAND 5 4 5 4 2
3 2 4 4 Armenia Azerbaijan 180,900 1 653,800
355,200 1 209,000 200,000‡ 169,500 1 191,000 2

88,000 44,800 66,950 91,600 NSAGs SAGs 291,000 NSAGs SAGs

156,800 NSAGs SAGs NSAGs SAGs NSAGs SAGs 15,000–20,000 NSAGs SAGs 145,000 NSAGs SAGs
FINLAND
4,300 15,000 India–Pakistan (Kashmir)
NORWAY
SWEDEN ESTONIA 1947
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 2
CANADA LATVIA India Pakistan
DENMARK
UNITED LITHUANIA NSAGs SAGs
KINGDOM 1,455,550 653,800
IRELAND BELARUS
NETHERLANDS POLAND 1,585,950 291,000
GERMANY
BELGIUM
LUX. CZECH REP. 3
SLOVAKIA KAZAKHSTAN 0
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
MOLDOVA UKRAINE NSAGs SAGs
SWITZERLAND SLOVENIA MONGOLIA
Libya 20 FRANCE
CROATIA
SERBIA
ROMANIA
16 B-H
2011
ITALY KOSOVO BULGARIA
UN
India (CPI–Maoist)
MONT. GEORGIA UZBEKISTAN
SPAIN N. MACEDONIA KYRGYZSTAN 2004
25,000† ALBANIA GREECE
ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN UN
NORTH KOREA
UNITED STATES PORTUGAL TURKEY TURKMENISTAN
No data TAJIKISTAN
NSAGs SAGs 1,455,550 1 1
ATLANTIC OCEAN SOUTH KOREA JAPAN
CYPRUS 1,585,950 NSAGs SAGs
UN SYRIA
Lake Chad Basin (Boko Haram) TUNISIA UN AFGHANISTAN CHINA
LEBANON UN UN IRAQ IRAN
2009
Honduras MOROCCO
ISRAEL UN UN UN
India (Northeast)
Cameroon Chad Niger
2002 JORDAN 1956 18
KUWAIT 16
25,400 27,850 5,300 NEPAL
ALGERIA PAKISTAN BHUTAN
3 9,000 9,500 5,400 LIBYA UN BAHRAIN
14,950 1 1,455,550
UN EGYPT
BAHAMAS Nigeria QATAR
8,000 NSAGs SAGs WESTERN
UAE INDIA BANGLADESH 1,585,950
4 TAIWAN NSAGs SAGs
MEXICO 143,000 2 SAHARA SAUDI ARABIA UN
Mexico (Cartels) CUBA OMAN Arabian Sea PACIFIC OCEAN
2006 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 80,000 NSAGs SAGs LAOS
11 Egypt (Sinai) MYANMAR
JAMAICA MAURITANIA MALI Philippines (NPA)
HAITI NIGER UN UN 2011 Bay of Bengal
1 BELIZE ANTIGUA & BARBUDA The Sahel (Mali & CHAD 1969
236,450 SUDAN ERITREA VIETNAM
GUATEMALA Burkina Faso)
UN
HONDURAS SENEGAL THAILAND
110,600 NSAGs SAGs YEMEN 438,500 1 1
BARBADOS 2012 THE GAMBIA 142,350 2 2
EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA CAMBODIA
Mali Burkina Faso UN
BURKINA FASO UN 397,000 NSAGs SAGs
DJIBOUTI PHILIPPINES 11,100 NSAGs SAGs
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA
El Salvador 13,000 11,200 BENIN
NIGERIA SOMALIA
2003 COSTA RICA 7,800 250 TOGO
VENEZUELA SIERRA LEONE CÔTE ETHIOPIA
Yemen SRI LANKA
GUYANA D’IVOIRE GHANA
UN
CENTRAL AFRICAN SOUTH SUDAN Philippines
PANAMA Niger 2014
24,500
3 1 LIBERIA REPUBLIC (ASG & Moro)
COLOMBIA SURINAME 6 6 BRUNEI
5,300 CAMEROON 4 MALDIVES
Myanmar 20 MALAYSIA 1972
17,000 NSAGs SAGs FR. GUIANA UN
20,000 2
5,400 EQ. GUINEA UGANDA KENYA 1949 6
NSAGs SAGs REP. OF No data NSAGs SAGs SINGAPORE 142,350 2
UN
CONGO UN
INDONESIA
SÃO TOMÉ 406,000 2
Colombia (BACRIMs) ECUADOR GABON
UN
11,100 NSAGs SAGs
Nigeria
& PRÍNCIPE DEMOCRATIC RWANDA
1964 (FARC); 1965 (ELN) REPUBLIC UN BURUNDI Somalia 107,000 NSAGs SAGs
(Farmer–Pastoralist) OF THE
24 1991 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
7 2014 Cameroon CONGO
293,200 1 TANZANIA Southern Thailand
2017 5 SOLOMON ISLANDS
187,900 PERU 19,800 1 2004 TIMOR-
NSAGs SAGs 10 LESTE
BRAZIL 143,000 25,400 3 COMOROS No data NSAGs SAGs
1 6
80,000 ANGOLA 360,850 1
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Ceará) 9,000 NSAGs SAGs MALAWI
NSAGs SAGs VANUATU
Early 1990s Ethiopia (Communal Violence) 93,700 NSAGs SAGs
ZAMBIA
Central African Rep. 2015
BOLIVIA
3 MOZAMBIQUE FIJI
366,500 2 2012 13
PACIFIC OCEAN ZIMBABWE MAURITIUS 3
395,000 138,000 1
NSAGs SAGs NAMIBIA MADAGASCAR
9,150 1 BOTSWANA No data NSAGs SAGs
INDIAN OCEAN
PARAGUAY 1,000 NSAGs SAGs
South Sudan AUSTRALIA
CHILE SWAZILAND 2013
LEGEND Democratic Republic
ARGENTINA LESOTHO
of the Congo SOUTH AFRICA
3
185,000 1
Peace-support and other operations Conflict areas ATLANTIC OCEAN 1996 32
Sudan (Darfur, Blue Nile No data
Helmets indicate ongoing operations in current NSAGs SAGs
Conflict URUGUAY & South Kordofan
conflict areas or those in place under the terms of a
formal ceasefire or peace accord. 2003 (Darfur);
Conflict start date
2011 South Kordofan/
UN Peace Operation Number of non-state armed groups Blue Nile
134,250 3
UN UN Special Political Mission Number of state armed groups 4 3
NATO Mission No data 104,300
Active Military NSAGs SAGs
OSCE (Military, Observer or 20,000 NSAGs SAGs NEW ZEALAND
Active Paramilitary
Conflict Resolution) Mission

EU Mission

Other Multilateral Military or

Military Observer Mission

MULTILATERAL MISSIONS TO CONFLICT AND POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES

LOCATION NAME YEAR OF PERSONNEL LOCATION NAME YEAR OF PERSONNEL LOCATION NAME YEAR OF PERSONNEL LOCATION NAME YEAR OF PERSONNEL LOCATION NAME YEAR OF PERSONNEL
ESTABLISHMENT (TOTAL) ESTABLISHMENT (TOTAL) ESTABLISHMENT (TOTAL) ESTABLISHMENT (TOTAL) ESTABLISHMENT (TOTAL)
AMERICAS Kosovo OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) 1999 504 Iraq, Syria Operation Inherent Resolve 2014 8,525 Yemen UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen 2012 95 Guinea-Bissau ECOWAS Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ECOMIB) 2012 100
Colombia UN United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) 2017 118 Moldova OSCE Mission to Moldova, and Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Of- 1993 52 Israel; Palestinian UN
Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process 1999 65 SOUTH ASIA Lake Chad Basin Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) 2012 8,700
Haiti United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) 2017 298 fice for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Territories (UNSCO) Afghanistan UN United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 2002 1 Mali EU Capacity Building Mission Sahel–Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) 2014 194
Moldova; Ukraine EU Border Assistance Mission in Ukraine and Moldova (EUBAM Moldova and Ukraine) 2005 132 EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian 2006 110
ASIA-PACIFIC Operation Resolute Support 2015 16,705 EU Training Mission Mali (EUTM Mali) 2013 600
Police Support (EUPOL COPPS)
Myanmar Office of the Special Envoy to the Secretary-General on Myanmar 2018 5 North Macedonia OSCE Mission to Skopje 1992 40
UN
Kashmir United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1951 44 Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) 2013 13,695
Lebanon United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 1978 10,245
Ukraine EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) 2014 323
EUROPE AND EURASIA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Niger EU Capacity Building Mission Sahel–Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) 2012 210
UN
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the implementation of Security 2004 3
Azerbaijan; Armenia Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the 1995 28 OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine 2014 1,299
Council Resolution 1559 (2004) Abyei United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) 2011 4,172 Somalia United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) 2013 648
OSCE Minsk Conference Ukraine; Russia OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk 2014 22 UN Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) 2007 82 Burundi UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi 2016 30 African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) 2007 19,625
Bosnia-Herzegovina EU Force Althea (EUFOR Althea) 2004 600 INTERNATIONAL WATERS
Libya UN United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) 2011 232 Central African United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central 2014 13,312 EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) 2012 111
Central Asia UN
United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) 2007 30 Mediterranean Sea EU Naval Force Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) Operation Sophia 2015 400 Republic African Republic (MINUSCA)
EU Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya) 2013 65 EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta (EUNAVFOR Somalia) 2008 800
Cyprus United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 1964 878 Western Indian Ocean EU Naval Force Operation Atalanta (EUNAVFOR Somalia) 2008 800 EU Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) 2016 181
Middle East United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) 1948 150 EU Training Mission Somalia (EUTM Somalia) 2010 203
UN
Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus 1965 21 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Darfur, Sudan UN–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) 2007 6,115
Sinai, Egypt Multinational Force and Observers 1981 1,152 South Sudan United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) 2011 16,761
Georgia EU Monitoring Mission Georgia (EUMM Georgia) 2008 219 Egypt; Palestinian EU Border Assistance Mission at the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah) 2005 16 Democratic Republic United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the 1999 15,346
Syria UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria 2014 91 West Africa and UN United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) 2016 63
UN Representative to the Geneva International Discussions 2010 7 Territories of the Congo Congo (MONUSCO)
UN
Western Sahel
Western Sahara United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 1991 243
Kosovo United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 1999 118 Golan Heights United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) 1974 906 UN UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) 2011 41 Western Sahel Operation Barkhane 2014 4,500
UN Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara 1999 2
EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo) 2008 503 Iraq UN
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 2003 242 Great Lakes Region UN Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region 2013 27 G5 Sahel Cross-Border Joint Force 2017 5,000*
Yemen UN
United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) 2019 34
NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) 1999 3,526 EU Advisory Mission in support of Security Sector Reform in Iraq (EUAM Iraq) 2017 98 Guinea-Bissau UN United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) 2009 1

Sources: EU; IISS Military Balance; OSCE; NATO; UN. *Maximum mandated personnel. †This figure only reflects the LNA as there is no reliable data with regards to the LAF. ‡Estimate: includes conventional forces, security forces and paramilitaries