This is a list of ethnic, religious, or racial conflicts that have occurred in parts of the world that were once part of the British Empire. In many cases, the British Empire was directly or indirectly involved in creating or resolving these conflicts. Jump to: navigation, search The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps The British Empire was the worlds first global power, a product of the European Age of Exploration that began with the global maritime empires of Portugal and Spain...

• Hinduism vs. Islam (India and Pakistan, Kashmir)
• The Malays vs. Ethnic Chinese & Ethnic Indians (Malaya)
• Native Melanesians v. Indo-Fijians (Fiji)
• The Sinhalese vs. the Tamils (Sri Lanka)
• The Burmese vs. the Karens (Myanmar)
• The Burmans vs. Mon (Myanmar)
• Nigeria (conflict between the Ibo, Hausa, Yoruba and other ethnic groups).
• Partition of the Pashtun (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
• The Arabs vs. the Jews (British mandate of Palestine)
• Iraq (Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds)
• Cyprus (Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots)
• Ireland (Irish Catholics and British Protestants)
• South Africa (Boers, British Settlers, Xhosa, Zulu, and other Native Africans)
• Guyana (Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese)
• Sudan (Northern Sudanese vs. Southern Sudanese, of which the latter were classified as a separate racial group by the British)
• British North America/Canada (French Canadians vs English Canadians, native peoples vs settlers, Métis vs English Canadians, English and French Canadians vs other immigrants)
• New Zealand (Maoris vs settlers)
• Kenya (conflict between the Kikuyu, Kalenjin, Luo, Luhya, Masai and various other ethnic groups).
• Zimbabwe (conflict between British settlers, Shona and Matabele).

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The Federation of Malaya, or in Malay Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, was formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states and replaced the Malayan Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search Melanesia (from Greek black islands) is a region extending from the western side of East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. ... Indo-Fijian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Tamil girls in Tiruvannamalai. ... Burman Karen man Burman Karen woman The Karen, also known in Thailand as the Yang or Kariang, are an ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. ... The Mon are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. ... The Ibo are a group of people living in what is now Nigeria. ... The Hausa are a people of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Yorùbá are estimated to be the second largest ethnic group in Nigeria, after the combined Hausa and Fulani. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, ethnic Afghan, or Pathan) are an ethno-linguistic group of eastern Iranian stock, living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan, the North West Frontier Province, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Baluchistan with large colonies found in the Northern Areas, Azad... Jump to: navigation, search The Arabs (Arabic: عرب Ê»arab) are an originally Arabian ethnicity widespread in the Middle East and North Africa. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Shi‘as (the adjective in Arabic is شيعى shi‘i; English has traditionally used Shiite) which mean follower in Arabic make up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%-35% of all Muslim. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Greek Cypriot refers to the Greek-speaking population of the island of Cyprus. ... Descendants of Turks who settled in Cyprus following the Ottoman conquest in 1571. ... Irish Catholics are persons of predominantly Irish descent who adhere to the Roman Catholic faith. ... Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendents of the Afrikaans speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Xhosa people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Zulu are an African ethnic group of about 11 million people who live mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... Jump to: navigation, search By 1763, British North America included 19 British colonies and territories on the continent of North America. ... French Canadian is a term that has several different connotations. ... The Métis (pronounced MAY tee, IPA: , in French: or ) are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada. ... Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... The KÄ©kÅ©yÅ© (otherwise spelled GÄ©kÅ©yÅ©) ethnic group is Kenyas most populous ethnic group. ... The Kalenjin is a combination of seven tribes of a Nilotic ethnic group or tribe living in the Great Rift Valley in western Kenya. ... The Luo are a people of Kenya, they live on the shores and hinterland of Lake Victoria. ... The Luhya (also Luyia, Luhia) are a Bantu people residing in Western Province, Kenya between Lake Victoria, Uganda and Mount Elgon. ... Masai can refer to Maasai, also known as Masai, the name of an African tribe from Kenya and Tanzania. ... Shona (IPA: ) is the name collectively given to several groups of people in Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. ... The Matabele are a branch of the Zulus who split from King Shaka in the early 1820s under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former general in Shakas army. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political...

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• List of ethnic conflicts involving the Dutch Colonialists