List of conflicts in Africa

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The list of conflicts in Africa provides an overview of wars and uprisings in Africa .

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The sortable table is arranged according to the names of today's sovereign states in Africa and according to the date of the conflict. Interstate wars appear under the names of both countries involved. If the conflict took place before the formation of the current state, the name of the forerunner state / European colonial power is given under "Notes".

Region or current state	conflict	Period	Remarks
Egypt Libya Tunisia	Africa campaign	1940-1943	Part of World War II
Egypt	Urabi uprising	1882	Elevation in the Ottoman viceroyalty of Egypt and occupation by Great Britain
Egypt (Sinai)	Sinai Front	1915-1916	failed attacks by the Central Powers on the Suez Canal
Egypt (Sinai)	Palestine War	1948-1949	War of Egypt against Israel
Egypt (Sinai)	Suez crisis	1956	War of Egypt against Great Britain , France , Israel
Egypt (Sinai)	Six Day War	1967	War of Egypt against Israel
Egypt (Sinai)	Attrition war	1967-1970	War of Egypt against Israel
Egypt Libya	Libyan-Egyptian border war	1977	Skirmishes between Egyptian and Libyan forces
Egypt	Yom Kippur War	1973	War of Egypt against Israel
Algeria	Algerian war	1954-1952	War of independence against the colonial power France
North africa	First barbarian war	1801-1805	War of the United States of America against the barbarian states
North africa	Second barbarian war	1815	War of the United States of America against the barbarian states
Algeria , Tindouf Province	Algerian-Moroccan border war	1963-1964	Border conflict between Morocco and Algeria
Algeria	Algerian civil war	1991-2002	The government's war against Islamist rebels is still ongoing in some regions
Angola	Portuguese colonial war	1961-1975	War of independence against the colonial power Portugal
Angola	Angola Civil War	1975-2002	Civil war between rebels and government, proxy war
Angola (Cabinda)	Cabinda conflict	since 1975	Secessionist aspirations in Cabinda
Ethiopia	1st Italo-Ethiopian War	1895-1896	Unsuccessful attempt to colonize Ethiopia by Italy
Ethiopia	2nd Italo-Ethiopian War	1935-1936	Conquest of Ethiopia by Italy
Ethiopia Eritrea Somaliland	World War II in East Africa	1940-1941	Italian invasion of British Somaliland , British-Belgian attack on Italian East Africa
Ethiopia Eritrea	Eritrean War of Independence	1961-1991	War of Independence, leads to Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia
Ethiopia (Ogaden)	Ogad war	1977-1988	War between Ethiopia and Somalia over the Somalis-inhabited region of Ogaden
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Civil War	1974-1991	The government's war against several rebel groups leads to the overthrow of the Mengistu government
Ethiopia	Ethiopian-Somali border war	1982	War over the border in the Ogaden region
Ethiopia	Uprising in the Ogaden	since 1984	Somali uprising in Ogaden Province
Ethiopia Eritrea	Eritrea-Ethiopia War	1998-2000	Border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Burkina Faso	War for the Agacher Strip	1985	Border war between Mali and Burkina Faso
Burundi	Civil war in Burundi	1993-2005	Civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups
Djibouti	Djiboutian civil war	1991-1994	Afar rebel group against Issa - dominated government
Djibouti	Eritrean-Djiboutian border conflict	2008	Escalation of a conflict over an unresolved border
Ivory Coast	Civil War in Ivory Coast	2002-2007	Government against rebel groups against the background of the ethno-religious north-south division of the country
Ghana	Ashanti Akim Akwapim War	1811-1816	Victory of the Ashanti Federation, the British-backed Akim and Akwapim
Ghana	Ashanti Fante War	1806-1807	Victory of the Ashanti over the Fante
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese colonial war	1959-1974	War of independence against the colonial power Portugal
Guinea-Bissau	Conflict of June 7, 1998	1998-1999	The government is overthrown by insurgent sections of the military
Cameroon	Bafut Wars	1891-1907	War of German colonial troops against the empire of Bafut
Cameroon	Cameroon in the First World War	1914-1916	Secondary theater of the First World War in the German colony of Cameroon
Kenya	Mau Mau uprising	1952-1957	Revolt against the white settlers in the British colony of Kenya
Kenya	Shifta war	1963-1967	Rebellion of the Somali population in northeastern Kenya for the connection to Somalia
Comoros	Invasion of Anjouan	2008	Secession of Anjouans island by African Union troops ended
Democratic Republic of Congo	Congo horror	1888-1908	Mass murders of the population of the Congo Free State , several million dead
Democratic Republic of Congo	Congo crisis (also "Congo confusion")	1960–1965 (circa)	Secessions (including Katanga ), uprisings (including Simba rebellion ), government crises and foreign interventions in Congo-Léopoldville
Democratic Republic of Congo	Shaba invasion	1977-1988	Invasion of the " Congo gendarmes " from Angola in Zaire
Democratic Republic of Congo	First Congo War	1996-1997	The rebel coalition of the AFDL overthrew Mobutu's government
Democratic Republic of Congo	Second Congo War	1998-2003	Civil war between the government and several rebel groups, with massive participation from neighboring states
Democratic Republic of Congo	Third Congo War	2007-2009	Fight between government forces and rebels in the Kivu region
Democratic Republic of Congo	Armed conflict in Eastern Congo	since 1996	Local armed conflicts, partly at the same time as the three Congo Wars
Republic of the Congo	Civil War in the Republic of the Congo	1997-1999	Forced return to power from Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Lesotho	Gun War	1880-1881	Uprising in the British colony of Basutoland
Liberia	Liberian Civil War	1989-2003	Fight between government and rebel groups for political power and raw materials
Libya	Italo-Turkish War	1911-1912	Italian takeover of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Libya	Libyan-Chadian border war	1978-1987	War for control of the Aouzou Strip
Libya	Operation El Dorado Canyon	1986	United States air raid
Libya	Libya Civil War 2011	2011	Overthrow of Gaddafi's government after civil war
Libya	Civil war in Libya since 2014	since 2014	Civil war that emerged from or followed the civil war in Libya in 2011
Madagascar	Madagascar revolt	1947-1948	Revolt against French colonial power
Mali	1. Tuareg rebellion	1961-1964	1. Tuareg uprising in the states of Mali and Niger
Mali	2. Tuareg rebellion	1990-1995	2. Tuareg uprising in the states of Mali and Niger
Mali	3. Tuareg rebellion	since 2007	3. Tuareg uprising in the states of Mali and Niger
Mali	Conflict in Northern Mali	since 2012	armed conflict in Azawad (since 2013 with the participation of western states, especially France)
Morocco	American-Tripolitan War	1801-1805	USA against Morocco and city-states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli
Morocco	Spanish-Moroccan War	1859-1860	Spain extends its colonial territory in Morocco after the attack by the Rifkabylen
Morocco	Rif War (1893)	1893	Conflict between Spain and 39 tribes of the Rif Mountains
Morocco	Rif War (1909)	1909	Expansion of his Melilla colony to include Spain after the conflict over mines in northern Morocco
Morocco	Rif War (1921)	1921	Military enforcement of Spanish rule over the " protectorate " of Spanish Morocco
Morocco	Ifni war	1957-1958	Decolonization conflict over Spanish West Africa
Morocco	Algerian-Moroccan border war	1963-1964	War opponent Algeria
Morocco	Western Sahara Conflict	since 1974	Strive for independence of the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic from Morocco
Mauritania	Mauritanian-Senegalese border war	1989-1991	Conflict over grazing rights on the border river Senegal
Mauritius	Mauritius campaign	1809 and 1810	Conquest of the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues by the United Kingdom
Mozambique	Portuguese colonial war	1964-1975	Guerrilla war for independence of Mozambique, by Carnation Revolution ended
Mozambique	Mozambican Civil War	1977-1992	Civil war between Marxist FRELIMO and South African backed RENAMO
Namibia	Uprising of the Herero and Nama	1904-1908	War of annihilation by the German colonial power in German South West Africa against Herero and Nama
Namibia	First World War in South West Africa	1914-1915	Secondary theater of the First World War in German South West Africa
Namibia	Namibian Liberation Struggle	1966-1989	against apartheid - South Africa
Namibia	Caprivi conflict	since 1989	Conflict over the independence of the Caprivi Strip from Namibia
Niger	1. Tuareg rebellion	1961-1964	1. Tuareg uprising in the states of Mali and Niger
Niger	2. Tuareg rebellion	1990-1995	2. Tuareg uprising in the states of Mali and Niger
Niger	3. Tuareg rebellion	since 2007	3. Tuareg uprising in the states of Mali and Niger
Nigeria	Biafran War	1967-1970	Attempted secession in the Southeast Province
Nigeria	Sharia conflict in Nigeria	since 1999	communal religious conflicts, terror of the Boko Haram
Rwanda	Genocide in Rwanda	1994	Genocide by the Hutu majority of Tutsi living in Rwanda , ended by invasion of the exiled guerrillas
Senegal	Casamance conflict	since 1990	Guerrilla warfare in the independence-seeking province of Casamance Senegal
Sierra Leone	Civil War in Sierra Leone	1991-2002	War of the Revolutionary United Front against several Sierra Leone governments
Zimbabwe	Matabel revolt	1896	Anti-colonial uprising against Great Britain
Zimbabwe	Rhodesian Bush War	1970-1980	Guerrilla warfare against the government of the white minority
Somalia	Campaigns in Somaliland	1901–1904 and 1920	British colonial power against Haji Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
Somalia	World War II in Ethiopia	1940-1941	Italian occupation of British Somaliland , subsequent conquest of Italian Somaliland by Great Britain
Somalia	Ogad war	1977-1988	against Ethiopia
Somalia	Shifta war	1963-1967	Somali uprising of Kenya for union with Somalia
Somalia	Somali civil war	since 1991	Military conflicts between warlords, clans, central government and various militias, sometimes with the participation of neighboring states
South Africa	Border wars	1779-1879	British name for the colonial subjugation of the Xhosa
South Africa	Zulu War	1879	Conquest of the Kingdom of Zululand by Great Britain
South Africa	First Boer War	1880-1881	1. War between Great Britain and the Boer South African Republic , recognition of the Boer Republic
South Africa	Second Boer War	1899-1902	Conquest of the Boer Republics of Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal) by Great Britain
South Africa	Resistance to apartheid	1960-1994	Resistance against white supremacy organized mainly by Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Pan Africanist Congress
Sudan	Mahdi uprising	1881-1899	religiously motivated uprising against British colonial power
Sudan	Civil War in South Sudan	1955-1972 and 1983-2005	led to the independence of South Sudan
Sudan	Darfur conflict	since 2003	Uprising among the black African population in the Sudanese province of Darfur
Sudan	Protests in Sudan from 2011	since 2011	Protests that broke out as a result of the Arab Spring
South Sudan	Civil war in South Sudan from 2013 to 2018	2013-2018 (2019)	The conflict ended with a peace treaty, but which also claimed deaths in 2019. See terrorist attack on May 28, 2019
South Sudan	Civil War in South Sudan	1955-1972 and 1983-2005	led to independence
Tanzania	Uprising of the East African coastal population	1888-1890	Uprising against German colonial power in German East Africa
Tanzania	British-Zanzibarian War	1896	Great Britain enforces military succession to the throne in the Sultanate of Zanzibar
Tanzania	Maji Maji Riot	1905-1908	Uprising against German colonial power in German East Africa
Tanzania Mozambique	First World War in East Africa	1914-1918	Secondary theater of the First World War in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa
Tanzania	Uganda-Tanzania War	1971–1972 and 1978–1979	Tanzania's military attempts to end Idi Amin's dictatorship in neighboring Uganda
Chad	French colonial war against Wadai	1909-1912	French conquest of the Wadi Empire
Chad	Aouzou conflict	1978-1987	War opponent Libya
Chad	Civil War in Chad	2005-2010
Togo	Togo in the First World War	1914	Secondary theater of the First World War in the German colony of Togo
Tunisia	American-Tripolitan War	1801-1805	USA against Morocco and city-states of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli
Tunisia	Africa campaign	1940-1943	Part of the Second World War
Tunisia	Bizerta crisis	1961	Conflict opponent France, trigger: Extension of the runway of the French military airfield in Bizerta
Uganda	Uganda-Tanzania War	1971–1972 and 1978–1979
Uganda	Civil War in Uganda	1979-1986
Central African Republic	Central African Bush War	2004-2007

See also

• List of uprisings in the German colonies and protected areas , there the sections on German East Africa , German South West Africa and Cameroon .
• List of territorial disputes # Africa