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This is a list of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (modern-day Ethiopia) and its predecessor states.
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Conquests of Amda Seyon I (1316–1332) | Ethiopia | Victories
| |
Reconquests of Sabr Ad Din
(1415-1430) |
Ethiopia | Adal Sultanate | Defeat
|
Badley ad-Din II's Invasion of Ethiopia (1445) |
Ethiopia | Adal Sultanate | Victory |
Abyssinian–Adal War (1529–1543) |
Stalemate | ||
Iyasu II's Invasion of Sennar (1738) |
Ethiopia |
Sennar Sultanate | Defeat
|
Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855) |
Various factions | Various factions | Reunification of Ethiopia
|
Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts (1832–1848) |
Ethiopia | Egypt | Victory
|
British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) |
Ethiopia | United Kingdom | Defeat
|
Ethiopian–Egyptian War (1874–1876) |
Ethiopia | Egypt | Victory
|
Mahdist War (1881–1889) |
Mahdist state | Victory
| |
Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 | Ethiopia | Italy | Victory[5]
|
Menelik's Expansions
(Late 19th century) |
Victories
| ||
First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896) | Ethiopia | Italy | Victory
|
Dervish War (1900–1920) |
Dervish State | Ethiopian allied victory
| |
Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1937) |
Ethiopia | Italy | Defeat
|
East African Campaign (1940–1941) |
Italy | Ethiopian allied victory
| |
Woyane rebellion (1943) |
Ethiopia
|
Tigrayan rebels | Victory
|
Korean War (1950–1953) |
South Korea |
Stalemate | |
Congo Crisis (1960–1964) |
Congo-Léopoldville |
Victory
| |
Bale Revolt (1963–1970) |
Ethiopia | Victory
| |
1964 Ethiopian–Somali War (1964) |
Ethiopia | Stalemate |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991) |
Ethiopia and allies |
ELF
|
Defeat
|
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978) |
Ethiopia and allies |
Victory
| |
1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War (1982) |
Ethiopia and allies |
Somalia
|
Stalemate
|
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991) |
PDRE | Regime change |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
---|---|---|---|
Insurgency in Ogaden (1995–2008) |
Ethiopia | ONLF | Victory
|
Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000) |
Ethiopia | Eritrea | Victory |
Ethiopian occupation of Somalia (2006–2009) |
Victory
| ||
Oromia–Somali clashes (2016–present) |
Ethiopia | Ongoing | |
OLA insurgency (2018–present) |
Ethiopia | OLA[broken anchor] | Ongoing |
Benishangul-Gumuz conflict (2019–2022) |
|
Ongoing
| |
Tigray War (2020–2022) |
|
Victory
| |
2020–21 Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes (2020–present) |
Ethiopia
|
Sudan | Ongoing
|
War in Amhara (2023–present) |
Ethiopia
|
Fano | Ongoing |
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