# List of conflicts in Africa

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 pre-colonial wars, 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

* October 18 – 19, 1965 1965 Burundian coup attempt
* July 8, 1966 July 1966 Burundian coup d'état
* November 28, 1966 November 1966 Burundian coup d'état
* 1972 Burundi genocide
* November 1, 1976 1976 Burundian coup d'état
* September 3, 1987 1987 Burundian coup d'état
* 1993 – 2005 Burundi Civil War
** October 21 – November 1993 1993 Burundian coup attempt
** July 25, 1996 1996 Burundian coup d'état
** December 28, 2000 Titanic Express Massacre
** April 18, 2001 2001 Burundian coup attempt
** September 9, 2002 Itaba Massacre
** August 13, 2004 Gatumba Massacre
* 2015–2018 Burundian unrest
** May 13 – 15, 2015 2015 Burundian coup attempt

### Rwanda

* 1896 Rucunshu Coup
* November 1, 1959 – July 1, 1961 Rwandan Revolution
* January 28, 1961 Coup of Gitarama
* 1963 Bugesera invasion
* July 5, 1973 1973 Rwandan coup d'état
* 1990 – 1994 Rwandan Civil War
** April 7, 1994 – July 15, 1994 Rwandan genocide

### Kenya

* 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 – present Somali–Kenyan conflict
* 1963 – 1967 Shifta War
* October 25, 1969 Kisumu massacre
* 1980 Garissa Massacre
* August 1, 1982 1982 Kenyan coup attempt
* February 10, 1984 Wagalla massacre
* 1987 – 1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
* 1998 – present Terrorism in Kenya
** September 21 – 24, 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
* 2005 Turbi Village Massacre
* 2005 – 2008 Mount Elgon insurgency
* August 22, 2012 2012–2013 Tana River District clashes
* November 2012 Baragoi clashes

### South Sudan

* 1955 – 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
** August 18–30, 1955 Torit mutiny
* 1983 – 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War
** 9 March – April 1997 Operation Thunderbolt (1997)
** June 2000 – August 2001 War of the Peters
* 1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
* 2005 – 2006 Disarmament of the Lou Nuer
* 2006 Battle of Malakal
* 2008 – ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts
* 2010 – 2011 George Athor's rebellion
* 2008 – present Sudanese nomadic conflicts
** 2011 – ongoing Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)
* 2011 – 2020 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
* 2012 Heglig Crisis
* 2013 – 2020 South Sudanese Civil War
* 2022– present Abyei border conflict (2022–present)

### Tanzania

* July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
* 1964 Zanzibar Revolution
* 1972 1972 invasion of Uganda
* 1978 – 1979 Uganda–Tanzania War

### Uganda

* 1966 Mengo Crisis
* January 25, 1971 1971 Ugandan coup d'état
* 1972 1972 invasion of Uganda
* 1974 Arube uprising
* 1976 Operation Entebbe
* 1977 Operation Mafuta Mingi
* 1977 1977 invasion of Uganda
* 1978 – 1979 Uganda-Tanzania War
** April 11, 1979 Fall of Kampala
* 1980 – 1986 Ugandan Bush War
** July 27, 1985 1985 Ugandan coup d'état
** January 26, 1986 Battle of Kampala
* 1986 – 1994 War in Uganda (1986-1994)
* 1987 – 1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
* 1987 – ongoing Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
* 1996 – ongoing Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
* 1996 – 2002 UNRF II insurgency
* 2016 Kasese clashes

## Central Africa
### Cameroon

* 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
* 1955 – 1964 Cameroon War
* 1981 – present Bakassi conflict
** 1981 – 2005 Nigerian-Cameroonian conflict over Bakassi
** 2006 – 2018 First Bakassi insurgency
** 2021 – present Pro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi
* 6 February 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
** 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
*** 23 January – 24 December 2015 2015 West African offensive
*** November 2018 – February 2020 Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
* 2017 – present Anglophone Crisis
** July 3, 2018 Battle of Batibo
** July 28, 2018 Ndop prison break
** September 25, 2018 Wum prison break
** 26 April – May 1, 2020 Operation Free Bafut
** 8 September 2020 – present Operation Bamenda Clean
** May – June 2021 Operation Bui Clean
** September 16, 2021 September 2021 Bamessing ambush
** July 31, 2022 Battle of Bambui

### Central African Republic

* 1928–1931 Kongo-Wara rebellion
* December, 31 1965 – January, 1 1966 Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état
* September 21, 1979 1979 Central African coup d'état
* September 1, 1981 1981 Central African Republic coup d'état
* March 3, 1982 1982 Central African Republic coup attempt
* 1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
* May 27 – 28, 2001 2001 Central African Republic coup attempt
* October 25 – 31, 2002 2002 Central African Republic coup attempt
* March 15, 2003 2003 Central African Republic coup d'état
* 2004 – 2007 Central African Republic Bush War
* 2012 – present Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present)
** March 22 – 23, 2013 Battle of Bangui (2013)
** 13 April 2013 – 10 January 2014 Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration

### 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

* 1 November 1965 Mangalmé riots
* 1965 – 1979 Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
* 1978 – 1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict
** 1983 – 1984 Operation Manta
** February 13, 1986 – August 1, 2014 Opération Épervier
** 1986 – 1987 Toyota War
* 1983 Chadian–Nigerian War
* December 2 – 3, 1990 1990 Chadian coup d'état
* 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 6 February 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
* May 16, 2004 2004 Chadian coup attempt
* 2005 – 2010 War in Chad
** 18 December 2005 Battle of Adré
** 6 January 2006 Raid on Borota
** 6 March 2006 Raid on Amdjereme
** 13 April 2006 Battle of N'Djamena (2006)
** 1 May 2006 Raid on Dalola
** 2–4 February 2008 Battle of N'Djamena (2008)
** 18 June 2008 Battle of Am Zoer
** 7 May 2009 Battle of Am Dam
** 24–28 April 2010 Battle of Tamassi
* 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
** 23 January – 24 December 2015 2015 West African offensive
** November 2018 – February 2020 Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
* May 1, 2013 2013 Chadian coup attempt
* 2016 – present Insurgency in Chad (2016–present)
** April 11 – May 9, 2021 2021 Northern Chad offensive

### Congo (Republic of)

* 1665–1709 Kongo Civil War
* June 27 – July 6, 1966 1966 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
* September 4, 1968 1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état
* February 22, 1972 1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
* July – September 1987 1987 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
* 1993 – 1994 Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–94)
* 1997 – 1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
* 2002 – 2003 2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department
* 2016 – 2017 Pool War

### Congo (Democratic Republic of)

* 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
* 1960 – 1965 Congo Crisis
** September 14, 1960 First Mobutu coup d'état
** 1963 – 1965 Kwilu rebellion
** 1963 – 1965 Simba Rebellion
** 1963 – 1966 Kanyarwanda War
** November 25, 1965 Second Mobutu coup d'état
* 1960 – 1962 South Kasai's secession
** August – September 1960 Invasion of South Kasai
** September – October 1962 Coup d'état of South Kasai
* 1963 – ongoing Katanga insurgency
* 1966 - 1967 Stanleyville mutinies
* 1977 Shaba I
* 1978 Shaba II
* 1987 — ongoing Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
* September — October 1991 1991 Zaire unrest
* November 13, 1996 — ongoing Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
* 1996 – 1997 First Congo War
** October 1996 – May 1997 Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War
** April 9, 1997 Capture of Lubumbashi
** March 13 – 15, 1997 Battle of Kinsangani (1997)
* 1998 – 2003 Second Congo WarBelligerents of the Second Congo War
** August 4 – 30, 1998 Operation Kitona
** June 5 – 10, 2000 Six-Day War (2000)
** October 2002 – January 2003 Effacer le tableau
* 1999 – ongoing Ituri Conflict
* 2004 – ongoing Kivu Conflict
** 26 October 2008 – 23 March 2009 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign
** 20 January 2009 – 27 February 2009 2009 Eastern Congo offensive
** 4 April 2012 – 7 November 2013 M23 rebellion
** June 30 – August 10, 2014 2014 North Kivu offensive
** June 1, 2017 – December 26, 2017 2017 CNPSC offensive
** March 27, 2022 – present M23 offensive (2022–present)
* June 11, 2004 2004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
* 2009 Dongo conflict
* February 27, 2011 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
* 2013 – 2018 Batwa-Luba clashes
* December 30, 2013 December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
* 2016 – 2019 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
* February 8, 2022 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état allegations
* 2022 – present Western DR Congo clashes
* May 19, 2024 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt

### Equatorial Guinea

* 3–18 August 1979 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
* 7 March 2004 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt
* December 2017 2017 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt

### Gabon

* February 17 – 19, 1964 1964 Gabonese coup d'état
* January 7, 2019 2019 Gabonese coup attempt
* August 30, 2023 2023 Gabonese coup d'état

### São Tomé and Príncipe

* February 3, 1953 Batepá Massacre
* March 8, 1988 1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
* August 15 – 22, 1995 1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
* July 16 – 23, 2003 2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
* November 24 – 25, 2022 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt

## Horn of Africa
### Djibouti

* 1991 – 1994 Djiboutian Civil War
* 1994 – present FRUD insurgency
* 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

### Eritrea
#### Italian Eritrea

* 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 Abyssinia

#### Italian East Africa

* 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 Keren

#### Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea

* 1961 – 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
** 1 September 1991 Battle of Adal
** 17 September 1976 - 22 March 1977 Siege of Nakfa
** 1977 – 1978 Battle of Massawa (1977)
** September 1977 - August 1978 Siege of Barentu
** 15 February – 5 July 1982 Red Star Campaign
** 17–20 March 1988 Battle of Afabet
** 8–17 February 1990 Battle of Massawa (1990)

#### Ethiopian Empire

* February 1972 – 13 October 1974 First Eritrean Civil War

#### Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

* February 1980 – 24 March 1981 Second Eritrean Civil War

#### State of Eritrea

* 1995 – 2018 Second Afar insurgency
* 1995 Hanish Islands conflict
* 1998 – 2018 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
** 1998 – 2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
*** 6 May – 17 June 1998 1998 Eritrean offensive into Ethiopia
*** February 1999 February 1999 Eritrean–Ethiopian aerial clashes
*** May 29, 2000 Operation Aider
** 2010 2010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish
** 2016 Battle of Tsorona
* 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict
* 21 January 2013 2013 Eritrean Army mutiny
* 2020 – 2022 Tigray War

### Ethiopia
#### Axumite Empire

* 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 Simien

### Makhzumi Dynasty

* c. 1270 Makhzumi Sultan assisted Yekuno Amlak rebellion against Zagwe dynasty
* c. 1285 the Conquest of Makhzumi by the Ifat Sultanate

#### Ethiopian Empire

* 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 Baçente
** 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
* 1886–1887 war with Emirate of Harar
** October 1886 Battle of Hirna
** 9 January 1887 Battle of Chelenqo
* 1881–1899 Mahdist War
** 14 October 1888 Battle of Guté 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 Campaign
* 13 – 17 December 1960 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt
* 1961 – 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
** 1 September 1991 Battle of Adal
** 17 September 1976 - 22 March 1977 Siege of Nakfa
** 1977 – 1978 Battle of Massawa (1977)
** September 1977 - August 1978 Siege of Barentu
** 15 February – 5 July 1982 Red Star Campaign
** 17–20 March 1988 Battle of Afabet
** 8–17 February 1990 Battle of Massawa (1990)
* 1963 – 1970 Bale revolt
* 1963 – 1965 1963–1965 Ogaden rebellion
* 1964 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
* 12 January – 12 September 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
* 1974 – 1991 Ethiopian Civil War
** 12 September 1974 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état

#### Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

* 12 September 1974 – 28 May 1991 Ethiopian Civil War
** 23 November 1974 Massacre of the Sixty
** 23 September 1976 – 22 March 1978 Red Terror (Ethiopia)
** 22 June 1988 Hawzen massacre (1988)
** 16 May 1989 1989 Ethiopian coup attempt
** 28 May 1991 Fall of the Derg regime
* 13 July 1977 – 15 March 1978 Ogaden War
** 13 July – October 1977 Somali invasion of Ogaden
** July 1977 – August 1977 Battle of Dire Dawa
** September 1977 – 5 March 1978 Battle of Jijiga
** October 1977 – 27 January 1978 Battle of Harar
* 1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War

#### Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

* 1973 – ongoing Oromo conflict
** 2018 – present OLA insurgency
*** 18 March 2021 – 18 April 2021 2021 Ataye clashes
*** 29 March – 19 April 2022 2022 North Shewa clashes
** 23 – 28 October 2019 October 2019 Ethiopian clashes
** 30 June – 2 July 2020 Hachalu Hundessa riots
* 1992 – 2018 Insurgency in Ogaden
** 2007 – 2008 2007–2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden
* 1994 – present Ethnic violence in Konso
* 1994 – present Ethnic violence against Amaro Koore
* 1998 – 2018 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
** 1998 – 2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
*** 6 May – 17 June 1998 1998 Eritrean offensive into Ethiopia
*** February 1999 February 1999 Eritrean–Ethiopian aerial clashes
*** May 29, 2000 Operation Aider
** 2010 2010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish
** 2016 Battle of Tsorona
* Early to mid 2000s – present Gambela conflict
* 2002 – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
* 2016 – 2018 Oromo–Somali clashes
* 2018 – present Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
** 22 June 2019 Amhara Region coup attempt
** 2019 – 2022 Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
** 2020 – present Afar–Somali clashes
** 2020 – 2022 Tigray War
*** 3 – 4 November 2020 Northern Command attacks (Ethiopia)
*** 9 – 11 November 2020 Battle of Humera
*** 17 – 28 November 2020 Mekelle offensive
*** 11 June 2021 – 6 July 2021 Operation Alula
*** 31 October – 1 December 2021 TDF–OLA joint offensive
*** 26 November – 23 December 2021 ENDF National Unity Offensive
*** 14 – 18 October 2022 Battle of Shire (2022)
** 2020 – 2022 Al-Fashaga conflict
** 2022 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
** 2023 – present War in Amhara

### Somalia
#### Ajuuraan State

* 1580s Ajuran-Portuguese wars

#### Italian East Africa

* 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 Somaliland

#### Somali Republic

* 1961 1961 revolt in Somalia
* 21 October 1969 1969 Somali coup d'état

#### Somali Democratic Republic

* 1977 – 1978 Ogaden War
** 13 July – October 1977 Somali invasion of Ogaden
** July 1977 – August 1977 Battle of Dire Dawa
** September 1977 – 5 March 1978 Battle of Jijiga
** October 1977 – 27 January 1978 Battle of Harar
* 1978 – 1991 Somali Rebellion
** 9 April 1978 1978 Somali coup attempt
** 1981 – 1991 Somaliland War of Independence
*** 1987 – 1989 Isaaq genocide
* June–August 1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War

#### Federal Republic of Somalia

* 1991 – ongoing Somali Civil War
** 5 December 1992 – 4 May 1993 Unified Task Force
*** December 1992 – May 19 Operation Deliverance
** 26 March 1993 – 28 March 1995 United Nations Operation in Somalia II
*** 5 June 1993 June 1993 attack on Pakistani military in Somalia
*** 2 July 1993 Battle of Checkpoint Pasta
*** 12 July 1993 Bloody Monday raid
*** 22 August 1993 – 13 October 1993 Operation Gothic Serpent
**** 3–4 October 1993 Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
** 1998 – ongoing Puntland-Somaliland dispute
*** 15 October 2007 Battle of Las Anod (2007)
*** 8 January 2018 Battle of Tukaraq
** 4 June – 20 December 2006 2006 Islamic Courts Union offensive
*** 7 May – 11 July 2006 Battle of Mogadishu (2006)
** 20 December 2006 – 30 January 2009 Somalia War (2006–2009)
*** 20–26 December 2006 Battle of Baidoa
*** 23–25 December 2006 Battle of Bandiradley
*** 24–25 December 2006 Battle of Beledweyne (2006)
*** 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 (March–April 2007)
*** 8–16 November 2007 Battle of Mogadishu (November 2007)
*** 19–20 April 2008 Battle of Mogadishu (2008)
*** 31 May – 3 June 2007 Battle of Bargal (2007)
*** 1–26 July 2008 Battle of Beledweyne (2008)
*** 8 July 2008 – 26 January 2009 Siege of Baidoa
*** 20–22 August 2008 Battle of Kismayo (2008)
** 2000 – ongoing Piracy off the coast of Somalia
*** 18 March 2006 Action of 18 March 2006
*** 29 October 2007 Dai Hong Dan incident
*** 8 December 2008 – ongoing Operation Atalanta
**** 16 September 2008 Carré d'As IV incident
**** 9 April 2009 April 2009 raid off Somalia
*** 17 August 2009 – ongoing Operation Ocean Shield
**** 30 March 2010 Action of 30 March 2010
**** 18–21 January 2011 MV Beluga Nomination incident
*** 6 May 2010 MV Moscow University hijacking
*** 12 January 2012 Attack on Spanish oiler Patiño
** 31 January 2009 – ongoing Somali Civil War (2009–present)
*** 22 February 2009 2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu
*** 24–25 February 2009 Battle of South Mogadishu
*** 7 May – 1 October 2009 Battle of Mogadishu (2009)
*** 11 May – 1 October 2009 Battle for Central Somalia (2009)
*** 5 June 2009 Battle of Wabho
*** 18 June 2009 2009 Beledweyne bombing
*** 1–7 October 2009 Battle of Kismayo (2009)
*** 10–14 January 2010 Battle of Beledweyne (2010)
*** May–July 2010 Ayn clashes
*** 1 May 2010 Mogadishu bombings
*** 20 July 2010 2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash
*** 8 August – 17 October 2010 Galgala campaign
*** 23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011 Battle of Mogadishu (2010–2011)
*** 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 (2012)
*** 11 January 2013 Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
** 2001 – 2021 War on Terrorism
*** 7 October 2002 – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
**** 3 March 2008 Dobley airstrike
**** 1 May 2008 Dhusamareb airstrike
**** 8–12 April 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking
**** 14 September 2009 2009 Baraawe raid
**** 25 January 2012 Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted
** 2023 – present Las Anod conflict (2023–present)
** 2024 – present Constitutional crisis in Somalia
*** 11 December 2024 – present Jubaland crisis

## Indian Ocean islands
### Comoros

* May 13, 1978 1978 Comorian coup d'état
* September 28 – October 3, 1995 Operation Azalee
* April 30, 1999 1999 Comorian coup d'état
* March 25, 2008 Invasion of Anjouan

### Madagascar

* 1883–1885 First Madagascar expedition
* 1894–1895 Second Madagascar expedition
* 1942 Battle of Madagascar (World War II)
* 1947 – 1949 Malagasy Uprising
* 26 January – 7 November 2009 2009 Malagasy political crisis
* 2009 2009 Camp Capsat mutiny

### Mauritius

* August 20, 1810 – August 27, 1810 Battle of Grand Port

### Seychelles

* 4–5 June 1977 1977 Seychelles coup d'état
* 25 November 1981 1981 Seychelles coup attempt

## North Africa
### 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 Peñón 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 Sétif and Guelma massacre
* 1954 – 1962 Algerian War
** 1 November 1954 Toussaint Rouge
** 18 January 1955 Battle of Douar Souadek
** 18 January – 24 February 1955 Operation Véronique
** September 1955 First Battle of El Djorf
** 20 August 1955 Battle of Philippeville
** April 1956 — 1 October 1956 Operation Blue Bird
** 30 September 1956 — 24 September 1957 Battle of Algiers
** 23 May 1957 — 25 May 1957 Battle of Agounennda
** 4 – 12 August 1957 Battle of Bouzegza
** 21 January 1958 – 28 May 1958 Battle of the borders (Algerian war)
** 13 May 1958 May 1958 crisis
** 28–31 May 1958 Battle of Bab El Bekkouche
** July 1959 — March 1960 Operation Jumelles
** 21 April 1961 — 26 April 1961 Algiers putsch
** 23 March 1962 — 6 April 1962 Battle of Bab El Oued
* 5 July – 9 September 1962 1962 Algerian crisis
* September 25, 1963 – February 20, 1964 Sand War
* September 29, 1963 – October 1964 Socialist Forces Front rebellion in Algeria
* 19 June 1965 1965 Algerian coup d'état
* 14 – 16 December 1967 1967 Algerian coup attempt
* 1970 – ongoing Western Sahara conflict
* 1991 – 2002 Algerian Civil War
** 11 January 1992 1992 Algerian coup d'état
** 3 April 1997 — 4 April 1997 Thalit massacre
** 22 April 1997 Haouch Khemisti massacre
** 16 June 1997 Daïat Labguer (M'sila) Massacre
** 27 July 1997 Si Zerrouk massacre
** 3 August 1997 Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre
** 20 August 1997 — August 21, 1997 Souhane massacre
** 26 August 1997 Beni Ali massacre
** 28 August 1997 Rais massacre
** 5 September 1997 — 6 September 1997 Beni Messous massacre
** 19 September 1997 — 20 September 1997 Guelb El-Kebir massacre
** 22 September 1997 — 23 September 1997 Bentalha massacre
** 23 December 1997 — 24 December 1997 Sid El-Antri massacre
** 30 December 1997 Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997
* 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
** 16–19 January 2013 In Amenas hostage crisis

### 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
* 1952 Battle of Ismailia (1952)
* 1952 1952 Egyptian revolution
* 1956 Suez Crisis
* 1967 Six-Day War
* 1970 War of Attrition
* 1973 Yom Kippur War
* 1977 Libyan–Egyptian War
* 1981 – present Terrorism in Egypt
** 2011 – 2023 Sinai insurgency
** 2013 – ongoing Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
* 1986 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot
* 2011 – 2014 Egyptian crisis (2011–14)
** January 25 – February 11, 2011 Egyptian Revolution
** 12 February 2011 – 30 June 2012 2011-2012 Egypt protests
** November 22, 2012 – July 3, 2013 2012–13 Egyptian protests
** June 28, 2013 – July 3, 2013 June 2013 Egyptian protests
** July 3, 2013 2013 Egyptian coup d'état
** 3 July 2013 – 8 June 2014 Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014)
*** 8 July 2013 Republican Guard headquarters clashes
*** 19 September 2013 Raid on Kerdasa
*** 19 July 2014 2014 Farafra ambush
* 4–14 April 2014 2014 Aswan tribal clashes

### 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 Vandal conquer the Roman province
* 461 - 468 Vandal War (461–468)
* 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
* 1711 1711 Karamanli coup
* 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
* 1 September 1969 1969 Libyan revolution
* 7 December 1969 1969 Libyan coup attempt
* 1970 Black Prince conspiracy
* 21 – 24 July 1977 Egyptian-Libyan War
* 29 January 1978 – 11 September 1987 Chadian-Libyan conflict
** 16 December 1986 – 11 September 1987 Toyota War
* August 19, 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
* May 8, 1984 Bab al-Azizia siege
* March 24, 1986 Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)
* 15 April 1986 1986 United States bombing of Libya
* 4 January 1989 1989 air battle near Tobruk
* 22 October 1993 1993 Libyan coup attempt
* 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
* November 2008 2008 Kufra conflict
* 2011 – present Libyan crisis
** 2011 First Libyan Civil War
*** February 15 — 20, 2011 First Battle of Benghazi
*** February 17 — 25, 2011 Tripoli protests and clashes (February 2011)
*** February 18 — May 15, 2011 Battle of Misrata (2011)
*** February 24 — March 10, 2011 First Battle of Zawiya
*** March 1 — August 18, 2011 2011 Nafusa Mountains campaign
**** April 21, 2011 Battle of Wazzin
**** August 13 — 18, 2011 Battle of Gharyan
*** March 2, 2011 First Battle of Brega
*** March 19 — October 31, 2011 2011 military intervention in Libya
**** March 19 — October 31, 2011 Operation Ellamy
**** March 19 — 31, 2,011 C.E. Opération Harmattan
**** March 19 — November 1, 2011 Operation Mobile
**** March 19 — 31, 2011 Operation Odyssey Dawn
**** March 23 — October 31, 2011 Operation Unified Protector
** 2011 – 2014 Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)
*** January 23 — 25, 2012 2012 Bani Walid uprising
*** February 12 — July 1, 2012 2012 Kufra conflict
*** March 25 — 31, 2012 2012 Sabha conflict
*** June 4, 2012 2012 Tripoli airport clashes
*** June 11 — 18, 2012 2012 Zintan clashes
*** September 9. — October 26, 2012 Siege of Bani Walid (2012)
*** September 11 — 12, 2012 2012 Benghazi attack
*** June 8 — 15, 2013 2013 Benghazi conflict
*** February 14 — May 2014 2014 Libyan coup attempts
** 2014 – 2020 Second Libyan Civil War
*** July 13 — August 23, 2014 Battle of Tripoli Airport
*** October 5, 2014 — April 21, 2016 ISIL takeover of Derna
*** October 15, 2014 – December 30, 2017 Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)
*** January 27, 2015 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack
*** February 8 — 9, 2015 Fall of Nofaliya (2015)
*** February 12, 2015 – October 26, 2020 Egyptian intervention in Libya (2015–2020)
*** 13 November 2015 – 30 October 2019 U.S. intervention in Libya (2015–2019)
*** 14 October 2016 – 14 November 2018 Western Libya clashes (2016–2018)
*** March 3 – 14 2017 Gulf of Sidra Offensive (2017)
*** January – April 2019 Southern Libya offensive
*** 4 April 2019 – 5 June 2020 Western Libya campaign
*** 5 January 2020 – present 2020 Turkish intervention in Libya
*** June 6 – 11, 2020 Central Libya offensive
** March – December 2022 2022 Tripoli clashes
** 14 – 15 August 2023 2023 Tripoli clashes

### 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 Djenné
* 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
* 1958 – 1959 Rif Revolt
* 1963 – 1964 Sand War
* 1970 – present Western Sahara conflict
** 1973 – 1976 Sahrawi insurgency
** 1975 Green March
** 1975 – 1991 Western Sahara War
** 2020 – present Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)
* July 10, 1971 1971 Moroccan coup attempt
* August 16, 1972 1972 Moroccan coup attempt
* April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 6 February 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
* July 11 – 18, 2002 Perejil Island crisis
* August 29, 2012 2012 Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera incident

### 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

* 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 Diwaykarat

#### Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

* 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 Campaign
* 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 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 Gondar

#### Republic of the Sudan

* 18 August 1955 – 27 March 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
** 17 November 1958 1958 Sudanese coup d'état
** 25 May 1969 1969 Sudanese coup d'état

#### Republic of the Sudan

* 5 June 1983 – 9 January 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War
** 6 April 1985 1985 Sudanese coup d'état
** 30 June 1989 1989 Sudanese coup d'état
* 1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
* 20 August 1998 Operation Infinite Reach
* 2003 – 2020 War in Darfur
** 10 – 12 May 2008 2008 Omdurman attack
* 2006 Battle of Malakal
* 2008 – ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts
** 12 June 2009 2009 Sobat River ambush
** 23 May 2010 2010 South Darfur clash
* January – February 2009 2009 Sudan airstrikes
* 2011 – 2020 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
* 2012 Heglig Crisis
* 19 December 2018 – 10 October 2019 Sudanese Revolution
** 11 April 2019 2019 Sudanese coup d'état
* 2021 Sudanese coup d'état 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
* 2022 – 2023 Blue Nile clashes (2022–2023)
* 2023 – present Sudanese Civil War

### Tunisia
#### Carthaginian Empire

* 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 Carthage

#### Kingdom of Numidia

* 112–106 BCE Jugurthine War
** 111–104 BCE Battle of Thala
** 110 BCE Battle of Suthul
** 108 BCE Battle of the Muthul

#### Roman Province of Africa

* 238 CE Battle of Carthage
* 429 CE - 432 Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
* 439 CE Vandal War (439-442): Genseric broke the treaty between the Vandals and the Romans when he invaded the province of Africa Proconsularis and laid siege to Carthage.
* 461 CE - 468 Vandal War (461–468)
** 468 CE Battle of Cap Bon

#### Vandal Kingdom

* June 533 – Mach 534 Vandalic War
** 13 September 533 Battle of Ad Decimum
** 15 December 533 Battle of Tricamarum

#### 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

* 647–709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
** 698 Battle of Carthage

#### Aghlabids

* 824–836 Military mutiny
* 879–880 Invasion of al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun

#### Fatimid Caliphate

* 909 Fatimid conquest of Ifriqiya from the Aghlabids
* 943–947 Rebellion of Abu Yazid

#### Almohad Caliphate

* 1160 Ifriqiya conquered and annexed by the Almohads
* 1171–1172 Conquest of North Africa and Nubia by the Ayyubid Dynasty

#### Ayyubid Dynasty

* 1171–1172 Conquest of North Africa and Nubias by the Ayyubid Dynasty

#### Hafsid Dynasty

* 1269 Eighth Crusade

#### Ottoman Tunisia

* 1526–1791 Ottoman-Habsburg wars
** 16 August 1534 Conquest of Tunis
** June 1535 Conquest of Tunis
** 12 July – 13 September 1574 Conquest of Tunis

#### French Protectorate of Tunisia

* 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

#### Kingdom of Tunisia

* 1952 – 1956 Tunisian Independence movement

#### Republic of Tunisia

* 1961 Bizerte Crisis
* 1980 1980 Gafsa Uprising
* 1 October 1985 Operation Wooden Leg
* 7 November 1987 1987 Tunisian coup d'état
* 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 3 January 2007 Soliman Shooting
** 2012 – 2019 Chaambi Operations
* 18 December 2010 – 14 January 2011 Tunisian Revolution
* 3 – 4 February 2014 Raoued Operation
* 2015 – 2022 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
* 25 July 2021 2021 Tunisian self-coup

## Southern Africa
### Angola

* 1961 – 1974 Angolan War of Independence
* 1966 – 1990 South African Border WarMaximum extent of South African and UNITA operations in Angola and Zambia during the South African Border War
** 4 May 1978 Battle of Cassinga
* 1975 – present Cabinda War
* 1975 – 2002 Angolan Civil War
** 27 May 1977 1977 Angolan coup attempt
** 14 August 1987 – 23 March 1988 Battle of Cuito Cuanavale

### Lesotho

* 1880–1881 Basotho Gun War
* 30 January 1970 1970 Lesotho coup d'état
* 1974 – 1990 BCP Insurgency
* 20 January 1986 1986 Lesotho coup d'état
* 30 April 1991 1991 Lesotho coup d'état
* 17 August 1994 1994 Lesotho coup d'état
* 22 September 1998 – May 1999 South African intervention in Lesotho
* 30 August 2014 2014 Lesotho political crisis

### Malawi

* August 3, 1914 – November 1918 World War I
* 3 March 1959 – 16 June 1960 Nyasaland emergency of 1959
** 3 – 5 March 1959 Operation Sunrise
* 1992 – 1993 Operation Bwezani

### Mozambique

* July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
* 1964 – 1974 Mozambican War of Independence
* 1964 – 1979 Rhodesian Bush War
* 1977 – 1992 Mozambican Civil War
* 2013 – 2021 RENAMO insurgency (2013–2021)
* 2017 – ongoing Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

### Namibia

* 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 South African Border War
* 1994 – 1999 Caprivi conflict

### South Africa

* 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
* 1948 – 1994 Internal resistance to apartheid
** 1950 Witzieshoek revolt
** 21 March 1960 Sharpeville Massacre
** 16 June 1976 Soweto Uprising
** 3 September 1984 Vaal uprising
** 1986 – 1987 Ciskei-Transkei conflict
** 30 December 1987 1987 Transkei coup d'état
** 4 March 1990 1990 Ciskei coup d'état
** 5 April 1990 1990 Venda coup d'état
** 9 August 1991 Battle of Ventersdorp
** 7 September 1992 Bisho massacre
** 25 July 1993 Saint James Church massacre
** 30 December 1993 Heidelberg Tavern massacre
** 1994 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
** 28 March 1994 Shell House massacre
* 1966 – 1990 South African Border War

### Eswatini

* October 11, 1899 – May 31, 1902 Second Boer War

### Zambia

* July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
* September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
* 1964 – 1979 Rhodesian Bush War
* 1 July 1990 1990 Zambian coup attempt
* 28 October 1997 1997 Zambian coup attempt

### Zimbabwe

* October 1893 – January 1894 First Matabele War
* March 1896 – Second Matabele War
* 1964 – 1979 Rhodesian Bush War
* 1980 1980 Entumbane clashes
* 1981 1981 Entumbane uprising
* 1983 – 1987 Gukurahundi
* November 14 – 21, 2017 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

## West Africa
### Benin

* 1724–1727 Abomey (Dahomey) conquests
* 1726–1730 First Oyo-Dahomey War
* 1738–1748 Oyo Conquest of Dahomey
* 1764 Second Ashanti-Akim War
* 1768 Yoruba-Ashanti War
* 1851 First Dahomean-Abeokuta War
* 1864 Second Dahomean-Abeokuta War
* 1889–1894 France conquers Dahomey
* October 28, 1963 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état
* October 26, 1972 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
* January 17, 1977 1977 Benin coup attempt

### Burkina Faso

* 3 January 1966 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état
* 8 February 1974 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état
* 25 November 1980 1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état
* 7 November 1982 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état
* 28 February 1983 1983 Upper Voltan coup attempt
* 4 August 1983 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
* 1985 Agacher Strip War
* 15 October 1987 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
* 18 September 1989 1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt
* 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
** 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
*** August 1, 2014 — November 9, 2022 Operation Barkhane
*** 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
**** 2 March 2018 2018 Ouagadougou attacks
* 16 – 23 September 2015 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt
* 8 October 2016 2016 Burkina Faso coup attempt
* 23 – 24 January 2022 January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
* 30 September 2022 September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
* 26 September 2023 2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt

### Côte d'Ivoire

* 1883–1898 Mandingo Wars
* December 24, 1999 1999 Ivorian coup d'état
* January 7 – 8, 2001 2001 Ivorian coup attempt
* 2002 – 2007 First Ivorian Civil War
** September 19, 2002 2002 Ivorian coup attempt
* September 22, 2002 – January 21, 2015 Opération Licorne
* 2004 2004 French–Ivorian clashes
* 2010 – 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War
* June 12, 2012 2012 Ivorian coup attempt
* May 6 – 16, 2017 2017 Ivory Coast mutinies

### Gambia

* 30 July – 4 August 1981 1981 Gambian coup attempt
* 22 July 1994 1994 Gambian coup d'état
* 30 December 2014 2014 Gambian coup attempt
* 9 December 2016 – 21 January 2017 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
** 2017 – present ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
* 20 December 2022 2022 Gambian coup attempt

### Ghana

* 1620–1654 Dutch–Portuguese War
* 1664–1665 Anglo-Dutch Wars
* 1823–1831 Anglo-Ashanti wars
* 1900 War of the Golden Stool
* February 28, 1948 1948 Accra Riots
* February 24, 1966 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état
* April 17, 1967 Operation Guitar Boy
* June 4, 1979 June 4th revolution in Ghana
* December 31, 1981 1981 Ghanaian coup d'état
* 1994 – 2015 Konkomba–Nanumba conflict
* 2002 Yendi conflict
* 2019 – Present Gonja-Mamprusi conflict
* 2020 – Present Western Togoland Rebellion

### Guinea

* 22 November 1970 Operation Green Sea
* 3 April 1984 1984 Guinean coup d'état
* February 2 – 3, 1996 1996 Guinean coup attempt
* 2000 – 2001 RFDG Insurgency
* 2013 2013 Guinea clashes
* 5 September 2021 2021 Guinean coup d'état

### Guinea-Bissau

* 23 January 1963 – 10 September 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
* 14 November 1980 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
* 1998 – 1999 Guinea-Bissau Civil War
** 7 June 1998 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
* 14 September 2003 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
* 26 December 2011 2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
* 12 April 2012 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
* 1 February 2022 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
* 30 November 2023 – 1 December 2023 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt

### Liberia

* October 1871 1871 Liberian coup d'état
* April 12, 1980 1980 Liberian coup d'état
* November 12, 1985 1985 Liberian coup attempt
* September 15, 1994 1994 Liberian coup attempt
* 1989 – 1996 First Liberian Civil War
* 1998 1998 Monrovia clashes
* 1999 – 2003 Second Liberian Civil War

### 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 Tuareg rebellion (1962–64)
* 1985 Agacher Strip War
* 1990 – 1995 Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)
* 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 6 February 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
*** 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
**** 23 January – 24 December 2015 2015 West African offensive
**** November 2018 – February 2020 Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
*** 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
**** January 16, 2012 – present Mali War
***** January 16, 2012 – April 6, 2012 2012 Tuareg rebellion
****** January 18, 2012 — March 11, 2012 Battle of Tessalit
****** January 17 — 25, 2012 Battle of Aguelhok
****** February 7 — 8, 2012 Battle of Tinzaouaten (2012)
***** March 21, 2012 — April 8, 2012 2012 Malian coup d'état
***** June 27, 2012 — ongoing Azawad conflict
****** June 26 — 27, 2012 Battle of Gao
****** November 16 — 20, 2012 Second Battle of Ménaka
****** February 22 — 23, 2013 Battle of Khalil
****** March 29 — 30, 2013 Battle of In Arab
***** January 11, 2013 — 15 July 2014 Operation Serval
***** August 1, 2014 — November 9, 2022 Operation Barkhane
***** August 18, 2020 2020 Malian coup d'état
***** May 24, 2021 2021 Malian coup d'état
* 2006 2006 Tuareg rebellion
* 2007 – 2009 Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009)

### Mauritania

* June 17, 1970 – ongoing Western Sahara conflict
* 10 July 1978 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état
* 6 April 1979 1979 Mauritanian coup d'état
* 4 January 1980 1980 Mauritanian coup d'état
* 16 March 1981 1981 Mauritanian coup attempt
* 12 December 1984 1984 Mauritanian coup d'état
* 1989 – 1991 Mauritania–Senegal Border War
* 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 6 February 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
** August 1, 2014 — November 9, 2022 Operation Barkhane
* 8 – 9 June 2003 2003 Mauritanian coup attempt
* 3 August 2005 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état
* 6 August 2008 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état

### Niger

* 1516–1517 Songhai Civil War
* 1916–1917 Kaocen Revolt
* 15 April 1974 1974 Nigerien coup d'état
* 1990 – 1995 Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)
* 27 January 1996 1996 Nigerien coup d'état
* 9 April 1999 1999 Nigerien coup d'état
* 2007 – 2009 Tuareg rebellion (2007–09)
* * 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
** 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
*** 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
*** August 1, 2014 — November 9, 2022 Operation Barkhane
*** 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Niger
**** 4 October 2017 Tongo Tongo ambush
** 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
*** 23 January – 24 December 2015 2015 West African offensive
*** November 2018 – February 2020 Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
* 18 February 2010 2010 Nigerien coup d'état
* 12 – 13 July 2011 2011 Nigerien coup attempt
* 31 March 2021 2021 Nigerien coup attempt
* 26 – 28 July 2023 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
* 29 July 2023 – 24 February 2024 Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)

### Nigeria

* 1578–1608 Oyo-Benin War
* 1804–1808 Fulani War
* 1835–1836 Fula jihads
* 1873 – Rafin Jaki Jihad
* 1877– 1893 Kiriji War ( Ekiti–Parapo War)
* 1897 Benin Expedition
* 1967 – 1970 Nigerian Civil War
** July 2 – 12, 1967 Operation UNICORD
** August 9 – September 20, 1967 Midwest Invasion of 1967
** 12 September – 4 October 1967 Fall of Enugu
** October 4 – 12, 1967 First Invasion of Onitsha
** October 17 – 19, 1967 Operation Tiger Claw
** January 2 - March 20, 1968 Second Invasion of Onitsha
** 31 March 1968 Abagana Ambush
** March 8 – May 24, 1968 Invasion of Port Harcourt
** 2 September – 15 October 1968 Operation OAU
** 15 – 29 November 1968 Operation Hiroshima
** October 15, 1968 – April 25, 1969 Siege of Owerri
** March 27 – April 22, 1969 Operation Leopard (1969)
** December 20 – 24, 1969 Invasion of Umuahia
* 15 – 16 January 1966 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
* 28 July – 1 August 1966 1966 Nigerian counter-coup
** January 7 – 12, 1970 Operation Tail-Wind
* July 29, 1975 1975 Nigerian coup d'état
* February 13, 1976 1976 Nigerian coup attempt
* April 1983 Chadian–Nigerian War
* 31 December 1983 1983 Nigerian coup d'état
* August 27, 1985 1985 Nigerian coup d'état
* April 22, 1990 1990 Nigerian coup attempt
* November 17, 1993 1993 Nigerian coup d'état
* 1997 – 2003 Warri Crisis
* 1998 – present Communal conflicts in Nigeria
** 1953 – present Religious violence in Nigeria
** 1998 – present Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
** 2011 – present Nigerian bandit conflict
* 2003 – present Conflict in the Niger Delta
** 2016 – present 2016 Niger Delta conflict
** 2021 – present Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
*** 16 May 2023 2023 Anambra ambush
* 14 September 2001 – 30 August 2021 War on terror
** 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
*** 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
**** 26 – 29 July 2009 2009 Boko Haram uprising
**** 13 – 14 May 2014 Chibok ambush
**** 23 January – 24 December 2015 2015 West African offensive
**** November 2018 – February 2020 Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
** 15 February 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
* March 8, 2014 2014 Enugu Government House attack
* June 15, 2014 2014 Enugu State Broadcasting Service attack

### Senegal

* 1549 Battle of Danki
* 1644-1677 Char Bouba war
* 1860-1886 Franco-Cayor Wars
* 1880-1899 Franco-Wolof Wars
* 1860-1920 French Conquest of Casamance
* 1886-1887 Uprising of Mahmadu Lamine
* 1982 – ongoing Casamance conflict
* 1989 – 1991 Mauritania–Senegal Border War
* 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield

### Sierra Leone

* February 7, 1813 Action
* March 21 – 23, 1967 1967 Sierra Leonean coups d'état
* April 18, 1968 Sergeant's Coup
* 1982 Ndogboyosoi War
* 1991 – 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War
** April 29, 1992 1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état
* November 26 – 28, 2023 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt

### Togo

* 13 January 1963 1963 Togolese coup d'état
* 13 January 1967 1967 Togolese coup d'état
* 23 September 1986 1986 Togolese coup attempt
* February 5 – 25, 2005 2005 Togolese coup d'état

## Chronological list of wars
### 19th century

* 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 Adwa
* July 30, 1877– March 14, 1893 Kiriji War ( Ekiti–Parapo War)

### 20th century

* 1900 War of the Golden Stool
* 1900–1920 Somaliland Campaign
* 1901–1901 French conquest of the Dendi Kingdom
* 1902–1904 Kuanhama Rebellion
* 1901–1902 Anglo-Aro War
* 1901–1903 Mapondera Rebellion
* 1902–1904 Bailundo revolt of 1902
* 1903–1904 British conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate
* 1904–1908 Herero Wars
* 1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar
* 1905–1907 Maji Maji Rebellion
* 1906 Bambatha Rebellion
* 1906 Sokoto Uprising of 1906
* 1907–1910 Dembos War of 1907-1910
* 1908 Battle of Marrakech
* 1909 Second Melillan campaign
* 1909–1911 Ouaddai War
* 1910–1912 Portuguese conquest of the Kasanje Kingdom
* 1911–1912 French conquest of Morocco
* 1911–1912 Italo-Turkish War
* 1912 Sirte revolt
* 1914 Kolongongo War
* 1914–1917 Kongo revolt
* 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
* 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'état 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 conflict

### 21st century

* 2001–2021 War on Terrorism
** 1981–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
** 2009–present Boko Haram insurgency
** 2015–2022 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
** 2015–present Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
** 2016–present Jihadist insurgency in Niger
** 2017–present Islamist insurgency in Mozambique
* 2002–2003 Conflict in the Pool Department
* 2002–2004 First Ivorian Civil War
* 2003–2020 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
* 2010–2011 Second Ivorian Civil War
* 2011–2023 Sinai Insurgency
* 2011 First Libyan Civil War
* 2011–2020 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
* 2013–2018 Batwa–Luba clashes
* 2013–2019 RENAMO insurgency
* 2014 Aswan tribal clashes
* 2014–2020 Second Libyan Civil War
* 2016–2017 Pool War
* 2016 Kasese clashes
* 2016–2019 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
* 2017–present Anglophone Crisis
* 2020–2022 Tigray War
* 2023–present 2023 Sudan conflict
* 2023–present 2023 Las Anod conflict