World of Wars part 2

58years ago in 1953, the Nigerian Sharia Conflict started. Nigeria, a country in West Africa with an estimate population of 167million, of which approximately 50.5% are Muslims are fighting to change the government legislature to Sharia Law.Majority of this 50.5 % are based in the North, while 48.2% Christians and the remaining 1.4% are found in the center and south. Now in 2011 with almost 10, 000 fatalities and thousands of displacements, the conflict persists.

1964 marks the start of the Colombian Civil War and the Insurgency in_Northeast India.

The Colombian Armed Conflict as it is also known is a mess-up of Governmental, Paramilitary & Guerrilla groups all claiming to be fighting to protect the Colombian people with some drug trafficking and terrorism thrown in for good measure. Guerrillas fighting to protect the poor, Government for civilians and the general public (i.e. private companies and corporations) and Paramilitary trying to protect themselves against the Guerrillas. And yet, all this fighting seems to be doing more harm than good, resulting in +- 200,000 casualties and +- 4million displacements.

The Northeast Indian Insurgency is 7 Northeast states of India also known as the Seven Sisters who are commonly fighting for independence from their Motherland, India. There are also inter-state conflicts re: territories and borders. Each state has at least 2 political groups/councils/"armies", all fighting for autonomy, independence, (non)tribal freedom etc. Since 2005 this ongoing conflict and in-fighting has seen over 4000 fatalities.

Still in India, 3 years later 1967, the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency starts. Naxalites are communists fighting for the poorest rural parts yet they use women and children as shields and tools. Based in the Red Corridor, Naxalite-Maoist's are found in 83 districts in 9 states. The Indian Government has decided to deal with this head-on as this conflict has already resulted in approximately 11, 247 deaths.

More than 20years on, we're still not even half way through the on-going conflicts since the end of WWII...

Stay tuned...

I.B