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List of conflicts in Africa

January 20, 2023

This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses colonial wars, wars of independence, secessionist and separatist conflicts, major episodes of national violence (riots, massacres, etc.), and global conflicts in which Africa was a theatre of war.

African Great Lakes

Burundi

Rwanda

Kenya

South Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Central Africa

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Kanem Empire

  • c. 1203–1243 Dunama Dabbalemi, of the Sayfawa dynasty, mai of the Kanem Empire, declared jihad against the surrounding tribes and initiated an extended period of conquest
  • c. 1342 - c. 1388 Fall of Kanem
    • c. 1342 - c. 1352 Sao Resurgence
    • c. 1376 - c. 1388 Bulala Invasion

French Chad

  • 1909-1911 Ouaddai War
  • 1915 - 15 November 1917 Massacre des coupes-coupes (in Arabic: Kabkab Massacre, مجزرة كبكب)

Republic of Chad

Congo (Republic of)

Congo (Democratic Republic of)

Main article: List of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

São Tomé and Príncipe

Horn of Africa

Main article: Conflicts in the Horn of Africa

Djibouti

Eritrea

Italian Eritrea

Italian East Africa

Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea

  • 1 September 1961 - 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
    • 24 July 1967 - 172 men killed in Hazemo
    • 1967 - 50 students suspected of being members of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) had been hanged in the centre of Agordat.
    • 17 January 1970 - 60 village elders in Elabared had been rounded up for supporting the Eritrean Liberation Front and killed.
    • 30 November 1970 - 121 people in Basik Dera had been rounded up into the local mosque and killed.
    • 1 December 1970 - Ethiopian Army units surrounded and killed 625 people in Ona, and burned the village down
    • 28 December 1974 - 45 students in Asmara were strangled to death and their bodies dumped in alleyways and doorsteps
    • 2 February 1975 - During an engagement with the EPLF and the ELF, the Ethiopian Army attacked the church where 103 villagers in Woki Duba had taken refuge
    • 14 February 1975 - Ethiopian troops fired on and killed 300-3,000 civilians in Asmara and nearby villages
    • 9 March 1975 - Ethiopian troops killed 208 civilians in Agordat
    • August 1975 - 250 villagers in Om Hajer were machine-gunned in front of a river
    • April 1988 - Three killed by aerial attacks in Agordat
    • 5 December 1988 - 400 killed in She'eb
    • 3-4 April 1990 - Aerial attacks in Afabet killed 67 and wounded 125
    • 24 April 1990 - Aerial attacks and cluster bombs in Massawa killed 50 and wounded 110
    • 1977-1978 Battle of Massawa
    • 1977 Siege of Barentu
    • 17-20 March 1988 Battle of Afabet
    • 8-10 February 1990 Battle of Massawa

Ethiopian Empire

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

Transitional Government of Ethiopia

State of Eritrea

Ethiopia

Axumite Empire

Makhzumi Dynasty

Ethiopian Empire

Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Ethiopian Empire

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

Transitional Government of Ethiopia

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Somalia

Ajuuraan State

Italian East Africa

Somali Democratic Republic

Transitional Federal Government

Federal Republic of Somalia

Somaliland

Main article: List of conflicts in Somaliland

Indian Ocean islands

Comoros

Madagascar

Mauritius

North Africa

Main article: List of conflicts in North Africa

Algeria

Main article: List of conflicts in Algeria

Egypt

Main article: List of conflicts in Egypt

Libya

Main article: List of conflicts in Libya

Morocco

Main article: List of conflicts in Morocco

Sudan

Nubia

  • c. 3050 BCE Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians

Kingdom of Kerma

  • c. 1506 BCE - 1493 BCE During the reign of Thutmose I, the Kingdom of Kerma rebelled against Egyptian rule and Thutmose I traveled up the Nile and fought in the battle, killing the Nubian king.

Egyptian Empire

  • c. 1282 BCE Seti's military campaigns
  • c. 1279 BCE - 1213 BCE Remesses II's campaigns in Nubia

Kingdom of Kush

  • 23 BCE The Roman prefect of Egypt invaded the Kingdom of Kush after an initial attack by the queen of Meröe, razing Napata to the ground
  • c. 300 CE Ezana of Axum launched several military campaigns, destroying the Kingdom of Kush

Kingdom of Makuria

  • 1312 Mamluk Invasion

Sultanate of Darfur

  • 1722-1786 Civil War

Egyptian Eyalet

  • February 1820 - October 1822 Invasion of Libya and Sudan

Khedivate of Egypt

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Republic of the Sudan

Democratic Republic of the Sudan

Republic of the Sudan

Tunisia

Carthaginian Empire

Kingdom of Numidia

Roman Province of Africa

Vandal Kingdom

Byzantine Praetorian Prefecture of Africa

  • The Moorish Wars
    • 534 First Moorish uprising
    • 536 Military mutiny
    • 544 Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic
  • 577 Conflict with Moorish kingdom of Garmul

Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

Aghlabids

Fatimid Caliphate

Almohad Caliphate

Ayyubid Dynasty

Hafsid Dynasty

Ottoman Tunisia

French Protectorate of Tunisia

Kingdom of Tunisia

Republic of Tunisia

Southern Africa

Angola

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Eswatini

Zambia

Zimbabwe

West Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Main article: List of conflicts in Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Main article: List of conflicts in Mali

Mauritania

Main article: List of conflicts in Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Western Sahara

Chronological list of wars

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

General:

References

  1. ^ Shoup, John A. (2011-10-31). Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 266. ISBN 9781598843620. from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02. The kingdom was able to last until 1901, when the French conquered it as part of their conquest of the Niger River/Sahara region
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  4. ^ a b "COW War List". correlatesofwar.org. Correlates of War. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. ^ Henige, David (1979). History in Africa. African Studies Association. p. 54. from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02. By the time Portuguese military expeditions reached Kasanje in 1910, intent on effective occupation and "pacification," only regional chieftains, some still claiming the kinguri title, remained to resist their advance. Portuguese military commanders seized and destroyed the regalia of the kinguri position in 1912, thereby ending the history of the state by burning the symbols in which had inhered the power of its kings.
  6. ^ St John, Ronald Bruce (4 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Libya. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 316. ISBN 9780810878761. from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ^ Association, Cheke Cultural Writers (1994). The history and cultural life of the Mbunda speaking peoples. The Association. p. 101. ISBN 9789982030069. from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  8. ^ Abegaz, Berhanu (2018-06-09). A Tributary Model of State Formation: Ethiopia, 1600-2015. Springer. p. 48. ISBN 9783319757803. from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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Further reading

  • Ahram, Ariel I. War and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (John Wiley & Sons, 2020).
  • Christman, Audrey Mona. Civil wars in Africa: Roots and resolution (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 1999).
  • Kalu, Kelechi A. ed. Civil Wars in Africa (2022) excerpt
  • Sidorova, Galina, and Eliza Lyubenova. "Contemporary Wars in Africa or 21st Century Competition for Power." Journal of Asian and African Studies (2020): 0021909620965609.
  • Williams, Paul D. War and conflict in Africa (John Wiley & Sons, 2016).

January 20, 2023
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This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country both on the continent and associated islands including wars between African nations civil wars and wars involving non African nations that took place within Africa It encompasses colonial wars wars of independence secessionist and separatist conflicts major episodes of national violence riots massacres etc and global conflicts in which Africa was a theatre of war Contents 1 African Great Lakes 1 1 Burundi 1 2 Rwanda 1 3 Kenya 1 4 South Sudan 1 5 Tanzania 1 6 Uganda 2 Central Africa 2 1 Cameroon 2 2 Central African Republic 2 3 Chad 2 3 1 Kanem Empire 2 3 2 French Chad 2 3 3 Republic of Chad 2 4 Congo Republic of 2 5 Congo Democratic Republic of 2 6 Sao Tome and Principe 3 Horn of Africa 3 1 Djibouti 3 2 Eritrea 3 2 1 Italian Eritrea 3 2 2 Italian East Africa 3 2 3 Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3 2 4 Ethiopian Empire 3 2 5 Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia 3 2 6 Transitional Government of Ethiopia 3 2 7 State of Eritrea 3 3 Ethiopia 3 3 1 Axumite Empire 3 4 Makhzumi Dynasty 3 4 1 Ethiopian Empire 3 4 2 Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3 4 3 Ethiopian Empire 3 4 4 Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia 3 4 5 Transitional Government of Ethiopia 3 4 6 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 3 5 Somalia 3 5 1 Ajuuraan State 3 5 2 Italian East Africa 3 5 3 Somali Democratic Republic 3 5 4 Transitional Federal Government 3 5 5 Federal Republic of Somalia 3 6 Somaliland 4 Indian Ocean islands 4 1 Comoros 4 2 Madagascar 4 3 Mauritius 5 North Africa 5 1 Algeria 5 2 Egypt 5 3 Libya 5 4 Morocco 5 5 Sudan 5 5 1 Nubia 5 5 2 Kingdom of Kerma 5 5 3 Egyptian Empire 5 5 4 Kingdom of Kush 5 5 5 Kingdom of Makuria 5 5 6 Sultanate of Darfur 5 5 7 Egyptian Eyalet 5 5 8 Khedivate of Egypt 5 5 9 Anglo Egyptian Sudan 5 5 10 Republic of the Sudan 5 5 11 Democratic Republic of the Sudan 5 5 12 Republic of the Sudan 5 6 Tunisia 5 6 1 Carthaginian Empire 5 6 2 Kingdom of Numidia 5 6 3 Roman Province of Africa 5 6 4 Vandal Kingdom 5 6 5 Byzantine Praetorian Prefecture of Africa 5 6 6 Byzantine Exarchate of Africa 5 6 7 Aghlabids 5 6 8 Fatimid Caliphate 5 6 9 Almohad Caliphate 5 6 10 Ayyubid Dynasty 5 6 11 Hafsid Dynasty 5 6 12 Ottoman Tunisia 5 6 13 French Protectorate of Tunisia 5 6 14 Kingdom of Tunisia 5 6 15 Republic of Tunisia 6 Southern Africa 6 1 Angola 6 2 Lesotho 6 3 Malawi 6 4 Mozambique 6 5 Namibia 6 6 South Africa 6 7 Eswatini 6 8 Zambia 6 9 Zimbabwe 7 West Africa 7 1 Benin 7 2 Burkina Faso 7 3 Cote d Ivoire 7 4 Gambia 7 5 Ghana 7 6 Guinea 7 7 Guinea Bissau 7 8 Liberia 7 9 Mali 7 10 Mauritania 7 11 Niger 7 12 Nigeria 7 13 Sierra Leone 7 14 Western Sahara 8 Chronological list of wars 8 1 19th century 8 2 20th century 8 3 21st century 9 See also 10 References 11 Further readingAfrican Great Lakes EditBurundi Edit 1972 Burundi genocide October 21 1993 August 2005 Burundi Civil War December 28 2000 Titanic Express Massacre September 9 2002 Itaba Massacre August 13 2004 Gatumba Massacre April 26 2015 17 May 2018 Burundian unrestRwanda Edit October 1 1990 July 18 1994 Rwandan Civil WarApril 7 1994 July 15 1994 Rwandan genocideKenya Edit August 3 1914 November 1918 East African Campaign World War I June 10 1940 November 27 1941 East African Campaign World War II 1952 1960 Mau Mau Uprising 1963 1967 Shifta War 1980 Garissa Massacre February 10 1984 Wagalla massacre 1987 1990 Kenyan Ugandan border conflict 2005 Turbi Village Massacre 2007 2008 Kenyan crisis 2017 2017 Kenyan general election violenceSouth Sudan Edit May 26 2009 ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts January 7 2011 ongoing Ethnic violence in South Sudan May 19 2011 ongoing Sudan SRF conflict March 26 2012 September 26 2012 Sudan South Sudan Border War Heglig Crisis December 15 2013 February 22 2020 South Sudanese Civil WarTanzania Edit July 28 1914 November 11 1918 World War I 1964 Zanzibar Revolution 1972 Invasion of Uganda 1978 1979 Uganda Tanzania WarUganda Edit January 25 1971 Coup d etat 1972 Invasion of Uganda July 4 1976 Operation Entebbe October 30 1978 April 11 1979 Uganda Tanzania War April 11 1979 Fall of Kampala 1980 1985 Uganda National Rescue Front 1982 1986 Ugandan Civil War 1986 1988 Uganda People s Democratic Army 1986 1987 Holy Spirit Movement 1987 1990 Kenyan Ugandan border conflict 1987 ongoing Lord s Resistance Army 1996 ongoing Allied Democratic Forces 1996 2002 Uganda National Rescue Front IICentral Africa EditCameroon Edit 1804 1808 Fulani War 1835 1836 Fula jihads July 28 1914 November 11 1918 World War I September 1 1939 September 2 1945 World War II July 2 2006 ongoing Bakassi conflict March 2014 ongoing Boko Haram insurgency September 9 2017 ongoing Anglophone CrisisCentral African Republic Edit 1928 1931 Kongo Wara rebellion 1987 present Lord s Resistance Army insurgency 2004 2007 Central African Republic Bush War 2012 present Central African Republic Civil War 13 April 2013 10 January 2014 Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administrationChad Edit Kanem Empire Edit c 1203 1243 Dunama Dabbalemi of the Sayfawa dynasty mai of the Kanem Empire declared jihad against the surrounding tribes and initiated an extended period of conquest c 1342 c 1388 Fall of Kanem c 1342 c 1352 Sao Resurgence c 1376 c 1388 Bulala InvasionFrench Chad Edit 1909 1911 Ouaddai War 1915 15 November 1917 Massacre des coupes coupes in Arabic Kabkab Massacre مجزرة كبكب Republic of Chad Edit 1 November 1965 Mangalme riots 1965 2010 War in Chad 1965 2010 Chadian Civil War 1965 1970 Civil war in Chad 1979 1982 Civil war in Chad 1998 2002 Civil war in Chad 18 December 2005 15 January 2010 Civil war in Chad 18 December 2005 Battle of Adre 6 January 2006 Borota raid 6 March 2006 Amdjereme raid 13 April 2006 Battle of N Djamena 1 May 2006 Dalola raid 2 4 February 2008 Battle of N Djamena 18 June 2008 Battle of Am Zoer 7 May 2009 Battle of Am Dam 24 28 April 2010 Battle of Tamassi 1978 1987 Chadian Libyan conflict 1983 1984 Operation Manta 13 February 1986 2014 Operation Epervier 1986 Tibesti War 16 December 1986 11 September 1987 Toyota War 11 April 2002 ongoing Insurgency in the MaghrebCongo Republic of Edit 1665 1709 Kongo Civil War Republic of the Congo Civil War 1993 94 1997 1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War 1997 1999 2016 2017 The Pool WarCongo Democratic Republic of Edit Main article List of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1892 1894 Congo Arab war 1895 1908 Batetela rebellion 28 July 1914 11 November 1918 World War I 1 September 1939 2 September 1945 World War II July 5 1960 November 25 1965 Congo Crisis 1964 Simba Rebellion 1960 ongoing Katanga insurgency March 8 1977 May 26 1977 Shaba I May 11 1978 June 1978 Shaba II 1987 ongoing Lord s Resistance Army insurgency 1996 ongoing ADF insurgency October 24 1996 May 16 1997 First Congo War August 2 1998 July 18 2003 Second Congo War 1999 ongoing Ituri Conflict 2004 ongoing Kivu Conflict 2012 2013 M23 rebellion December 2013 c 2018 Batwa Luba clashes 8 August 2016 c 2019 Kamwina Nsapu rebellionSao Tome and Principe Edit February 3 1953 Batepa MassacreHorn of Africa EditMain article Conflicts in the Horn of Africa Djibouti Edit November 1991 December 1994 Djiboutian Civil War June 10 2008 June 13 2008 Djiboutian Eritrean border conflictEritrea Edit Italian Eritrea Edit 1895 1896 First Italo Ethiopia War 13 January 1895 Battle of Coatit 3 October 1935 May 1936 Second Italo Ethiopian War 3 October 1935 December 1935 De Bono s invasion of AbyssiniaItalian East Africa Edit 10 June 1940 27 November 1941 World War II 10 June 1940 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 10 June 1940 27 November 1941 East African Campaign 5 February 1941 1 April 1941 Battle of KerenFederation of Ethiopia and Eritrea Edit 1 September 1961 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence 24 July 1967 172 men killed in Hazemo 1967 50 students suspected of being members of the Eritrean Liberation Front ELF had been hanged in the centre of Agordat 17 January 1970 60 village elders in Elabared had been rounded up for supporting the Eritrean Liberation Front and killed 30 November 1970 121 people in Basik Dera had been rounded up into the local mosque and killed 1 December 1970 Ethiopian Army units surrounded and killed 625 people in Ona and burned the village down 28 December 1974 45 students in Asmara were strangled to death and their bodies dumped in alleyways and doorsteps 2 February 1975 During an engagement with the EPLF and the ELF the Ethiopian Army attacked the church where 103 villagers in Woki Duba had taken refuge 14 February 1975 Ethiopian troops fired on and killed 300 3 000 civilians in Asmara and nearby villages 9 March 1975 Ethiopian troops killed 208 civilians in Agordat August 1975 250 villagers in Om Hajer were machine gunned in front of a river April 1988 Three killed by aerial attacks in Agordat 5 December 1988 400 killed in She eb 3 4 April 1990 Aerial attacks in Afabet killed 67 and wounded 125 24 April 1990 Aerial attacks and cluster bombs in Massawa killed 50 and wounded 110 1977 1978 Battle of Massawa 1977 Siege of Barentu 17 20 March 1988 Battle of Afabet 8 10 February 1990 Battle of MassawaEthiopian Empire Edit February 1972 13 October 1974 First Eritrean Civil WarProvisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia Edit February 1980 24 March 1981 Second Eritrean Civil WarTransitional Government of Ethiopia Edit 15 17 December 1995 Hanish Islands conflictState of Eritrea Edit 6 May 1998 25 May 2000 Eritrean Ethiopian War 10 13 June 2008 Djiboutian Eritrean border conflict 1 January 2010 Eritrean Ethiopian border skirmishEthiopia Edit Axumite Empire Edit c 300 CE Ezana of Axum is said to have launched several military campaigns and destroyed the Kingdom of Kush 525 Conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom by Axum 570 578 Aksumite Persian wars Battle of Hadhramaut Siege of Sanaa 570 c 900 King of Aksum Degna Djan led military expeditions as far south as Ennarea c 960 Axumite Empire is said to have been destroyed by Gudit of the Kingdom of SimienMakhzumi Dynasty Edit c 1270 Makhzumi Sultan assisted Yekuno Amlak rebellion against Zagwe dynasty c 1285 the Conquest of Makhzumi by the Ifat SultanateEthiopian Empire Edit 1314 1344 Conquests of the Emperor Amda Seyon I c 1316 Early military actions c 1316 Emperor Amda Seyon I successfully campaigned against the Muslim kingdoms of Damot and Hadiya c 1320 Rebellion of Haqq ad Din I c 1329 Northern campaigns c 1332 Later campaigns c 1320 1415 Abyssinian wars against the Sultanate of Ifat 1529 1543 Ethiopian Adal War March 1529 Battle of Shimbra Kure 1531 Battle of Antukyah 28 October 1531 Battle of Amba Sel 24 April 1541 Battle of Sahart 2 February 1542 Battle of Bacente 4 16 April 1542 Battle of Jarte August 1542 Battle of the Hill of the Jews 28 August 1542 Battle of Wofla 21 February 1543 Battle of Wayna Daga 1769 1855 Zemene Mesafint December 1867 May 1868 British Expedition to Abyssinia 12 January 1872 10 March 1889 Conquests of Yohannes IV of Ethiopia 1875 1881 War with Ottoman Egypt 1885 War with Sudan 1887 war with Emirate of Harar 9 January 1887 Battle of Chelenqo 1881 1899 Mahdist War 14 October 1888 Battle of Gute Dili 1895 1896 First Italo Ethiopia War 1 March 1896 Battle of Adwa 7 December 1895 Battle of Amba Alagi 13 January 1895 Battle of Coatit 3 October 1935 May 1936 Second Italo Ethiopia War 3 October December 1935 De Bono s invasion of Abyssinia 15 December 1935 20 January 1936 Ethiopian Christmas Offensive 12 20 January 1936 Battle of Genale Doria 20 24 January 1936 First Battle of Tembien 1 19 February 1936 Battle of Amba Aradam 27 29 February 1936 Second Battle of Tembien 29 February 2 March 1936 Battle of Shire 31 March 1936 Battle of Maychew 14 25 April 1936 Battle of the Ogaden 26 April 5 May 1936 March of the Iron Will 1 September 1939 2 September 1945 World War II 10 June 1940 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 10 June 1940 27 November 1941 East African CampaignFederation of Ethiopia and Eritrea Edit 1 September 1961 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of IndependenceEthiopian Empire Edit 12 September 1974 28 May 1991 Ethiopian Civil WarProvisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia Edit 13 July 1977 15 March 1978 Ethio Somali War June August 1982 Ethiopian Somali Border WarTransitional Government of Ethiopia Edit 1992 ongoing Oromo conflict 1994 2018 Insurgency in OgadenFederal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Edit 6 May 1998 25 May 2000 Eritrean Ethiopian War 7 October 2002 ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom Horn of Africa 4 November 2020 ongoing Tigray conflictSomalia Edit Ajuuraan State Edit 1580s Ajuran Portuguese warsItalian East Africa Edit 10 June 1940 27 November 1941 World War II 10 June 1940 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 10 June 1940 27 November 1941 East African Campaign 3 19 August 1940 Italian conquest of British SomalilandSomali Democratic Republic Edit 13 July 1977 15 March 1978 Ethio Somali War 6 April 1981 18 May 1991 Somaliland War of Independence June August 1982 Ethiopian Somali Border War 26 January 1991 ongoing Somali Civil War 1978 1991 Somali Rebellion 9 December 1992 4 May 1993 Unified Task Force 22 August 1993 13 October 1993 Operation Gothic Serpent 3 4 October 1993 Battle of MogadishuTransitional Federal Government Edit 26 January 1991 ongoing Somali Civil War 4 June 20 December 2006 Advance of the Islamic Courts Union 7 May 11 July 2006 Battle of Mogadishu 20 December 2006 30 January 2009 War in Somalia 20 26 December 2006 Battle of Baidoa 23 25 December 2006 Battle of Bandiradley 24 25 December 2006 Battle of Beledweyne 27 December 2006 Battle of Jowhar 28 December 2006 Fall of Mogadishu 31 December 2006 1 January 2007 Battle of Jilib 1 January 2007 Fall of Kismayo 5 12 January 2007 Battle of Ras Kamboni 21 March 26 April 2007 Battle of Mogadishu 31 May 3 June 2007 Battle of Bargal 8 16 November 2007 Battle of Mogadishu 19 20 April 2008 Battle of Mogadishu 1 26 July 2008 Battle of Beledweyne 8 July 2008 26 January 2009 Siege of Baidoa 20 22 August 2008 Battle of Kismayo Piracy in Somalia 28 March 2006 Action 3 June 2007 Action 8 December 2008 ongoing Operation Atalanta 16 September 2008 Carre d As IV incident 9 April 2009 Raid off Somalia 8 12 April 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking 17 August 2009 ongoing Operation Ocean Shield 23 March 2010 Action 30 March 2010 Action 5 April 2010 Action 6 May 2010 MV Moscow University hijacking 18 21 January 2011 MV Beluga Nomination incident 16 19 June 2011 Operation Umeed e Nuh 12 January 2012 Attack on Spanish oiler Patino 31 January 2009 ongoing War in Somalia 22 February 2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu 24 25 February 2009 Battle of South Mogadishu 7 May 1 October 2009 Battle of Mogadishu 11 May 1 October 2009 Battle for Central Somalia 5 June 2009 Battle of Wabho 18 June 2009 Beledweyne bombing 1 7 October 2009 Battle of Kismayo 10 14 January 2010 Battle of Beledweyne May July 2010 Ayn clashes 1 May 2010 Mogadishu bombings 20 July 2010 Kenya Al Shabaab border clash 8 August 17 October 2010 Galgala campaign 23 August 2010 6 August 2011 Battle of Mogadishu 27 April 2011 Battle of Gedo 4 October 2011 Mogadishu bombing 16 October 2011 June 2012 Operation Linda Nchi 28 September 1 October 2012 Battle of Kismayo 11 January 2013 Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt June 2007 May 2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden 7 October 2001 ongoing War on Terrorism 7 October 2002 ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom Horn of Africa 18 March 2006 Action 5 12 January 2007 Battle of Ras Kamboni 3 June 2007 Action 31 May 3 June 2007 Battle of Bargal 3 March 2008 Dobley airstrike 1 May 2008 Dhusamareb airstrike 8 12 April 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking 17 August 2009 ongoing Operation Ocean Shield 14 September 2009 Baraawe raid 25 January 2012 Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen ThistedFederal Republic of Somalia Edit 7 October 2001 ongoing War on Terrorism 7 October 2002 ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom Horn of Africa 11 January 2013 Bulo Marer hostage rescue attemptSomaliland Edit Main article List of conflicts in Somaliland c 1700 BCE Invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Kingdom of Kush and the Land of Punt 1529 1543 Ethiopian Adal War 1827 Battle of Berbera 1827 1900 1920 Somaliland Campaign 1922 1922 Burao Tax Revolt June 10 1940 November 27 1941 East African Campaign World War II August 3 1940 August 19 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland July 2 1945 July 7 1945 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion July 13 1977 March 15 1978 Ethio Somali War April 6 1981 May 18 1991 Somaliland War of Independence 1998 ongoing Puntland Somaliland disputeIndian Ocean islands EditComoros Edit March 25 2008 March 27 2008 Invasion of AnjouanMadagascar Edit 1883 1885 First Madagascar expedition 1894 1895 Second Madagascar expedition 1942 Battle of Madagascar World War II 1947 1948 Madagascar revoltMauritius Edit August 20 1810 August 27 1810 Battle of Grand PortNorth Africa EditMain article List of conflicts in North Africa Algeria Edit Main article List of conflicts in Algeria 264 BCE 146 BCE Punic Wars 112 BCE 106 BCE Jugurthine War 420s Vandals conquer the Roman province June 533 March 534 Vandalic War 544 Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic 647 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb 1518 Fall of Tlemcen 1529 Capture of Penon of Algiers September 14 1769 May 16 1772 Danish Algerian War 1830 1847 French conquest of Algeria 1835 1903 Pacification of Algeria June 10 1940 May 13 1943 North African Campaign World War II May 8 1945 Setif and Guelma massacre November 1 1954 March 19 1962 Algerian War October 1963 Sand War 1970 ongoing Western Sahara conflict December 26 1991 February 2002 Algerian Civil War April 11 2002 ongoing Insurgency in the MaghrebEgypt Edit Main article List of conflicts in Egypt 1803 1807 Muhammad Ali s seizure of power 1881 1899 Mahdist War June 11 1940 February 4 1943 North African Campaign part of World War II October 29 November 7 1956 Suez Crisis June 5 1967 June 10 1967 Six Day War July 1 1967 August 7 1970 War of Attrition October 6 1973 October 25 1973 Yom Kippur War July 21 1977 July 24 1977 Libyan Egyptian War January 25 2011 ongoing 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Aftermath January 25 2011 February 11 2011 Egyptian Revolution Egyptian crisis 2011 14 February 23 2011 ongoing Sinai insurgency November 22 2012 July 3 2013 Egyptian protests June 28 2013 July 3 2013 June 2013 Egyptian protests July 3 2013 ongoing Political violence in Egypt 2013 ongoing Insurgency in Egypt 2013 present Libya Edit Main article List of conflicts in Libya c 1279 BC 1213 BC Ramesses II s Campaigns in Libya 264 BC 146 BC Punic Wars 112 BC 106 BC Jugurthine War 420s Vandals conquer the Roman province June 533 March 534 Vandalic War 544 Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic 647 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb Ottoman Habsburg wars 1551 Siege of Tripoli 1793 1795 Tripolitanian civil war 1797 Action of 16 May 1797 1801 05 First Barbary War 1825 Sardinian Tripolitanian war of 1825 1911 43 Libyan resistance movement 1911 12 Italo Turkish War June 11 1940 February 4 1943 Western Desert Campaign part of World War II 1977 Libyan Egyptian War 1978 87 Chadian Libyan conflict August 1980 Tobruk incident May 8 1984 Bab al Azizia siege 2011 Libyan Civil War 2011 2014 Post civil war violence in Libya 2014 2020 Second Libyan Civil WarMorocco Edit Main article List of conflicts in Morocco 264 BCE 146 BCE Punic Wars 112 BCE 106 BCE Jugurthine War 420s Vandals conquer the Roman province June 533 March 534 Vandalic War 544 Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic 647 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb 739 743 Berber Revolt 1130 1147 Almoravid Almohad War 1215 1269 Almohad Marinid War 1125 1269 Almohad Marinid War 1299 1370 Morocco Tlemcen conflict 1415 1578 Moroccan Portuguese conflict 1465 Moroccan Revolt 1527 1554 Wattassid Saadian War September 1497 Conquest of Melilla 1554 1830 Moroccan Turkish border conflict 1577 A Moroccan expedition occupied Taghaza 1582 A first expedition to Timbuktu was defeated 1591 A Moroccan expeditionary force defeated the Songhay army at Tondibi and conquered Gao Timbuktu and Djenne 1603 1627 War of Succession 1613 1666 Civil War 1844 First Franco Moroccan War 1859 Spanish Moroccan War 1893 Rif War 1909 Rif War 1911 1912 Second Franco Moroccan War 1920 1926 Rif War 1914 1921 Zaian War 1942 North African Campaign 1957 1958 Ifni War 1963 Sand War 1970 ongoing Western Sahara conflict 1975 1991 Western Sahara War April 11 2002 ongoing Insurgency in the MaghrebSudan Edit Nubia Edit c 3050 BCE Hor Aha the second pharaoh of Egypt led a campaign against the NubiansKingdom of Kerma Edit c 1506 BCE 1493 BCE During the reign of Thutmose I the Kingdom of Kerma rebelled against Egyptian rule and Thutmose I traveled up the Nile and fought in the battle killing the Nubian king Egyptian Empire Edit c 1282 BCE Seti s military campaigns c 1279 BCE 1213 BCE Remesses II s campaigns in NubiaKingdom of Kush Edit 23 BCE The Roman prefect of Egypt invaded the Kingdom of Kush after an initial attack by the queen of Meroe razing Napata to the ground c 300 CE Ezana of Axum launched several military campaigns destroying the Kingdom of KushKingdom of Makuria Edit 1312 Mamluk InvasionSultanate of Darfur Edit 1722 1786 Civil WarEgyptian Eyalet Edit February 1820 October 1822 Invasion of Libya and SudanKhedivate of Egypt Edit 1899 1901 Rabih War 1874 Rabih az Zubayr conquered the Sultanate of Darfur 1881 1899 The Mahdist War 3 5 November 1883 Battle of El Obeid 4 29 February 1884 First and Second Battles of El Teb 13 March 1884 Battle of Tamai 13 March 1884 26 January 1885 Siege of Khartoum 17 January 1885 Battle of Abu Klea 10 February 1885 Battle of Kirbekan 22 March 1885 Battle of Tofrek 30 December 1885 Battle of Ginnis 20 December 1888 Battle of Suakin 9 10 March 1889 Battle of Gallabat 17 July 1894 Battle of Kassala 7 June 1896 Battle of Ferkeh 8 April 1898 Battle of Atbara 2 September 1898 Battle of Omdurman 25 November 1899 Battle of Umm DiwaykaratAnglo Egyptian Sudan Edit 28 July 1914 11 November 1918 World War I 29 October 1914 30 October 1918 Middle Eastern theatre 1914 1918 North African theatre 19 November 1915 February 1917 Senussi Campaign1 September 1939 2 September 1945 World War II 10 June 1940 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 10 June 1940 27 November 27 1941 East African Campaign 3 19 August 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland 5 February 1941 1 April 1941 Battle of Keren 4 19 May 1941 Battle of Amba Alagi 13 27 November 1941 Battle of GondarRepublic of the Sudan Edit 18 August 1955 27 March 1972 First Sudanese Civil War 1969 1972 Anyanya rebellionDemocratic Republic of the Sudan Edit 1 April 1983 January 2005 Second Sudanese Civil WarRepublic of the Sudan Edit 1987 ongoing Lord s Resistance Army insurgency 2003 ongoing War in Darfur 10 12 May 2008 Attack on Omdurman and Khartoum 18 December 2005 15 January 2010 Chad Sudan conflict 27 29 November 2006 Battle of Malakal January 2009 ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts 23 April 2010 South Darfur clash 7 January 2011 ongoing South Sudan internal conflict 19 May 2011 ongoing Sudan SRF conflict 26 March 26 September 2012 Sudan South Sudan Border War 26 28 March 2012 First Battle of Heglig 17 18 April 2012 Abyei border clash 15 December 2013 22 February 2020 South Sudanese Civil WarTunisia Edit Carthaginian Empire Edit 264 146 BCE Punic Wars 264 241 BCE First Punic War 255 BCE Siege of Aspis 255 BCE Siege of Adys 255 BCE Battle of Tunis 240 238 BCE Mercenary War Spring 240 BCE Battle of Utica Autumn 240 BCE Battle of the Bagradas River Autumn 240 BCE Hamilcar s victory with Navaras 238 BCE Battle of The Saw 238 BCE Siege of Tunis 218 201 BCE Second Punic War 203 BCE Battle of Utica 203 BCE Battle of the Great Plains 19 October 202 BCE Battle of Zama 149 146 BCE Third Punic War 147 BCE Battle of the Port of Carthage 147 BCE Battle of Nepheris c 149 BCE Spring 146 BCE Battle of CarthageKingdom of Numidia Edit 112 106 BCE Jugurthine War 111 104 BCE Battle of Thala 110 BCE Battle of Suthul 108 BCE Battle of the MuthulRoman Province of Africa Edit 238 CE Battle of Carthage 439 CE Genseric broke the treaty between the Vandals and the Romans when he invaded the province of Africa Proconsularis and laid siege to Carthage Germanic Wars 468 CE Battle of Cap BonVandal Kingdom Edit June 533 Mach 534 Vandalic War 13 September 533 Battle of Ad Decimum 15 December 533 Battle of TricamarumByzantine Praetorian Prefecture of Africa Edit The Moorish Wars 534 First Moorish uprising 536 Military mutiny 544 Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic 577 Conflict with Moorish kingdom of GarmulByzantine Exarchate of Africa Edit 647 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb 698 Battle of CarthageAghlabids Edit 824 836 Military mutiny 879 880 Invasion of al Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn TulunFatimid Caliphate Edit 909 Fatimid conquest of Ifriqiya from the Aghlabids 943 947 Rebellion of Abu YazidAlmohad Caliphate Edit 1160 Ifriqiya conquered and annexed by the Almohads 1171 1172 Conquest of North Africa and Nubia by the Ayyubid DynastyAyyubid Dynasty Edit 1171 1172 Conquest of North Africa and Nubias by the Ayyubid DynastyHafsid Dynasty Edit 1269 Eighth CrusadeOttoman Tunisia Edit 1526 1791 Ottoman Habsburg wars 16 August 1534 Conquest of Tunis June 1535 Conquest of Tunis 12 July 13 September 1574 Conquest of TunisFrench Protectorate of Tunisia Edit 1 September 1939 2 September 1945 World War II 10 June 1940 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre 10 June 1940 13 May 1943 North African Campaign 17 November 1942 13 May 1943 Tunisia Campaign 10 November 25 December 1942 Run for Tunis February May 1943 Battle of Sedjenane 14 17 February 1943 Battle of Sidi Bou Zid 19 25 February 1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass 6 March 1943 Battle of Medenine 16 27 March 1943 Operation Pugilist 23 March 3 April 1943 Battle of El Guettar 5 27 April 1943 Operation Flax 6 7 April 1943 Battle of Wadi Akarit 27 April 1 May 1943 Battle of Hill 609 6 12 May 1943 Operation Vulcan 8 13 May 1943 Operation Retribution 1952 1956 Tunisian IndependenceKingdom of Tunisia Edit 1952 1956 Tunisian IndependenceRepublic of Tunisia Edit 19 23 July 1961 Bizerte Crisis 18 December 2010 14 January 2011 Tunisian Revolution 26 June 2015 ongoing ISIL insurgency in TunisiaSouthern Africa EditAngola Edit February 4 1961 April 25 1974 Angolan War of Independence November 11 1975 April 4 2002 Angolan Civil WarLesotho Edit 1880 1881 Gun War 22 September 1998 May 1999 South African intervention in LesothoMalawi Edit August 3 1914 November 1918 World War IMozambique Edit July 28 1914 November 11 1918 World War I September 25 1964 September 8 1974 Mozambican War of Independence May 30 1977 October 4 1992 Mozambican Civil War 2013 2014 Internal conflict in Mozambique October 5 2017 ongoing Insurgency in Cabo DelgadoNamibia Edit 1904 1907 Herero Genocide July 28 1914 November 11 1918 World War I September 15 1914 February 4 1915 Maritz Rebellion August 26 1966 March 21 1990 Namibian War of Independence 1994 1999 Caprivi conflictSouth Africa Edit May 18 1803 November 20 1815 Napoleonic Wars 1817 1819 Ndwandwe Zulu War 1830s 1840s Great Trek February 17 1838 Weenen Massacre January 11 1879 July 4 1879 Anglo Zulu War 1779 1879 Xhosa Wars December 20 1880 March 23 1881 First Boer War October 11 1899 May 31 1902 Second Boer War July 28 1914 November 11 1918 World War I September 15 1914 February 4 1915 Maritz Rebellion September 4 1939 May 7 1945 World War II March 21 1960 Sharpeville Massacre August 26 1966 March 21 1990 South African Border War June 16 1976 Soweto UprisingEswatini Edit October 11 1899 May 31 1902 Second Boer WarZambia Edit July 28 1914 November 11 1918 World War I September 1 1939 September 2 1945 World War IIZimbabwe Edit October 1893 January 1894 First Matabele War March 1896 October 1897 Matabele and Mashona Revolts Second Matabele War July 4 1964 December 12 1979 Second Chimurenga Rhodesian Bush War 1982 1987 Gukurahundi genocideWest Africa EditBenin Edit 1724 1727 Abomey Dahomey conquests 1726 1730 First Oyo Dahomey War 1738 1748 Second Oyo Dahomey War 1764 Second Ashanti Akim War 1768 Yoruba Ashanti War 1889 1894 France conquers DahomeyBurkina Faso Edit 1985 Agacher Strip War 2015 present Jihadist insurgency in Burkina FasoCote d Ivoire Edit 1883 1898 Mandingo Wars September 19 2002 March 4 2007 First Ivorian Civil War 28 November 2010 11 April 2011 Second Ivorian Civil WarGambia Edit 2016 2017 2016 2017 Gambian constitutional crisis 2017 ECOWAS intervention in the Gambia 2017 Ghana Edit Main article List of conflicts in Ghana 1620 1654 Dutch Portuguese War 1664 1665 Anglo Dutch Wars 1823 1831 Anglo Ashanti wars 1900 War of the Golden Stool 1948 Accra RiotsGuinea Edit 2013 Guinea clashesGuinea Bissau Edit 1962 1974 Guinea Bissau War of Independence 1997 1999 Guinea Bissau Civil WarLiberia Edit 1989 1996 First Liberian Civil War 1999 2003 Second Liberian Civil WarMali Edit Main article List of conflicts in Mali 647 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb 1075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire c 1230 1250 Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire 1400 The Sandaki usurpation and second Mossi raid 1433 The Tuareg invasion c 1460s Songhai conquered Mema 1810 1818 Mopti Jihad 1848 1864 Initial conquests of El Hadj Umar Tall Jihad 1883 1886 Mandingo Wars 1962 1964 First Tuareg rebellion 1985 Agacher Strip War 1990 1995 Azawad insurgency and Malian civil war April 11 2002 ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb 2007 2009 Second Tuareg rebellion 2012 Third Tuareg Rebellion 2012 ongoing Northern Mali conflict 2020 Coup d etatMauritania Edit Main article List of conflicts in Mauritania 1970 ongoing Western Sahara conflict April 11 2002 ongoing Insurgency in the MaghrebNiger Edit 1516 1517 Songhai Civil War 1916 1917 Kaocen Revolt 1990 1995 First Azawad insurgency April 11 2002 ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb 2007 2009 Second Azawad insurgency 2012 Tuareg RebellionNigeria Edit 1578 1608 Oyo Benin War 1804 1808 Fulani War 1835 1836 Fula jihads 1873 Rafin Jaki Jihad 1897 Benin Expedition 1953 ongoing Religious violence in Nigeria 1967 1970 Nigerian Civil War 1998 ongoing Communal conflicts in Nigeria 1998 present 1999 ongoing Nigerian Sharia conflict 2009 ongoing Niger Delta conflict 2004 present 2009 ongoing Boko Haram insurgency 2020 The End SARS MassacreSierra Leone Edit February 7 1813 Action 1982 Ndogboyosoi War March 23 1991 January 18 2002 Sierra Leone Civil WarWestern Sahara Edit October 23 1957 June 30 1958 Ifni War 1970 ongoing Western Sahara conflict October 30 1975 September 6 1991 Western Sahara WarChronological list of wars Edit19th century Edit 1801 1807 Temne War 1801 1805 First Barbary War 1803 1805 Napoleonic Wars 1803 1806 War of the Third Coalition 1806 Battle of Blaauwberg 1807 1809 Anglo Turkish War 1807 Alexandria expedition 1804 1808 Fulani War 1805 1811 Muhammad Ali s seizure of power 1806 1807 Ashanti Fante War 1807 1818 Mtetwa Empire Expansion 1810 1818 Amadu s Jihad 1811 1812 Fourth Xhosa War 1811 Ga Fante War c 1812 Battle of Shela 1814 1816 Ashanti Akim Akwapim War 1815 Slachter s Nek Rebellion 1815 Second Barbary War 1817 1819 Ndwandwe Zulu War 1818 1819 Fifth Xhosa War 1818 1828 Zulu wars of conquest 1st March 1896 Battle of Adwa20th century Edit 1900 War of the Golden Stool 1900 1920 Somaliland Campaign 1901 1901 French conquest of the Dendi Kingdom 1 1902 1904 Kuanhama Rebellion 2 1901 1902 Anglo Aro War 1901 1903 Mapondera Rebellion 1902 1904 Bailundo revolt of 1902 1903 1904 British conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate 3 1904 1908 Herero Wars 1904 1905 uprising in Madagascar 1905 1907 Maji Maji Rebellion 1906 Bambatha Rebellion 1906 Sokoto Uprising of 1906 4 1907 1910 Dembos War of 1907 1910 4 1908 Battle of Marrakech 1909 Second Melillan campaign 1909 1911 Ouaddai War 1910 1912 Portuguese conquest of the Kasanje Kingdom 5 1911 1912 French conquest of Morocco 1911 1912 Italo Turkish War 1912 Sirte revolt 6 1914 Kolongongo War 7 1914 1917 Kongo revolt 8 9 1914 1921 Zaian War 1914 1918 African theatre of World War I 1914 1918 East African campaign 1914 1916 Kamerun campaign 1914 Togoland Campaign 1914 1915 South West Africa campaign 1914 1915 Maritz rebellion 1915 1916 Volta Bani War 1915 Chilembwe uprising 1915 The Bussa rebellion 1915 1917 Senussi Campaign 1916 1917 Kaocen revolt 1916 Battle of Segale 1918 The Adubi War 1920 Misurata Warfalla War 10 1920 1922 Jabal al Gharbi civil war 1920 1926 Rif War 1921 1922 Rand Rebellion 1922 Bondelswarts Rebellion 1923 1932 Pacification of Libya 1928 1931 Kongo Wara rebellion 1929 1930 Women s War 1930 Gugsa Wale s rebellion 1935 1937 Second Italo Ethiopian War 1939 1945 World War II 1940 1943 North African campaign 1940 1943 East African campaign 1940 Battle of Dakar 1940 Battle of Gabon 1942 Battle of Madagascar 1943 Woyane rebellion 1952 1960 Mau Mau Uprising 1954 1962 Algerian War 1955 1964 Bamileke War 1955 1972 First Sudanese Civil War 1957 1958 Ifni War 1960 1965 Congo Crisis 1966 1967 Stanleyville mutinies 1960 present Katanga insurgency 1961 Bizerte crisis 1961 1991 Eritrean War of Independence 1961 1974 Portuguese Colonial War 1961 1974 Angolan War of Independence 1963 1974 Guinea Bissau War of Independence 1964 1974 Mozambican War of Independence 1962 1964 Tuareg rebellion 1963 Sand War 1963 1967 Shifta War 1963 1970 Bale revolt 1964 Ethiopian Somali Border War 1964 1965 Simba rebellion 1964 1979 Rhodesian Bush War 1964 Zanzibar Revolution 1965 1979 First Chadian Civil War 1966 1989 South African Border War 1967 1970 Nigerian Civil War 1970 present Western Sahara conflict 1975 1991 Western Sahara War 1972 1974 First Eritrean Civil War 1973 2018 Oromo conflict 1974 1991 Ethiopian Civil War 1975 2002 Angolan Civil War 1975 present Cabinda War 1977 1992 Mozambican Civil War 1977 Libyan Egyptian War 1977 1978 Ogaden War 1977 Shaba I 1978 Shaba II 1978 1979 Uganda Tanzania War 1978 1987 Chadian Libyan conflict 1980 1981 Second Eritrean Civil War 1980 1986 Ugandan Bush War 1981 Entumbane uprising 1981 Gambian coup d etat attempt 1982 present Casamance conflict 1982 Ndogboyosoi War 1982 Ethiopian Somali Border War 1983 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War 1985 Agacher Strip War 1986 United States bombing of Libya 1987 present Lord s Resistance Army insurgency 1989 1991 Mauritania Senegal Border War 1989 1997 First Liberian Civil War 1990 1994 Rwandan Civil War 1990 1995 Tuareg rebellion 1991 1994 Djiboutian Civil War 1991 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War 1991 2002 Algerian Civil War 1991 present Somali Civil War 1993 2005 Burundian Civil War 1993 1994 Republic of the Congo Civil War 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis 1994 1999 Caprivi conflict 1994 2018 Insurgency in Ogaden 1995 2018 Second Afar insurgency 1995 Hanish Islands conflict 1996 present Allied Democratic Forces insurgency 1996 1997 First Congo War 1997 1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War 1998 2000 Eritrean Ethiopian War 1998 2003 Second Congo War 2000 Six Day War 1998 1999 Guinea Bissau Civil War 1999 2003 Second Liberian Civil War 1999 present Ituri conflict21st century Edit 2001 present War on Terrorism 1997 present Islamic Terrorism in Egypt 2002 present Islamic insurgency in the Maghreb 2002 present Operation Enduring Freedom Horn of Africa 2006 Rise of the Islamic Courts Union 2006 2009 Ethiopian War in Somalia 2007 present Operation Enduring Freedom Trans Sahara 2009 present Islamist civil war in Somalia 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence 2015 present ISIL insurgency in Tunisia 2017 present Islamist insurgency in Mozambique 2002 2003 Conflict in the Pool Department 2002 2004 First Ivorian Civil War 2003 present War in Darfur 2004 French Ivorian clashes 2004 present Conflict in the Niger Delta 2016 present Niger Delta conflict 2004 2007 Central African Republic Bush War 2004 present Kivu conflict 2005 2010 Chadian Civil War 2005 2008 Mount Elgon insurgency 2006 2013 Bakassi conflict 2007 2009 Second Tuareg Rebellion 2007 2008 Kenyan crisis 2008 Invasion of Anjouan 2008 Kufra conflict 2008 Djiboutian Eritrean border conflict 2009 present Sudanese nomadic conflicts 2011 present Ethnic violence in South Sudan 2013 2020 South Sudanese Civil War 2009 Sudan airstrikes 2009 Dongo conflict 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War 2011 First Libyan Civil War 2011 present Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile 2011 2014 Factional violence in Libya 2012 present Mali War 2012 Heglig Crisis 2012 2013 M23 rebellion 2012 Baragoi clashes 2012 present Central African Republic Civil War 2013 present Batwa Luba clashes 2013 2019 RENAMO insurgency 2014 Aswan tribal clashes 2014 2020 Second Libyan Civil War 2016 2017 Pool War 2016 Kasese clashes 2016 present Kamwina Nsapu rebellion 2017 present Anglophone Crisis 2020 present Tigray WarSee also EditList of active separatist movements in Africa Military history of AfricaGeneral List of conflicts in North 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