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.

Continental map of the ongoing conflicts in Africa

North Africa

Main article: List of conflicts in North Africa

Algeria

Main article: List of conflicts in Algeria

• 264 BC – 146 BC Punic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BC Jugurthine War
• 533 – 534 Vandalic War
• 533 – 548 Byzantine–Moorish wars
• 622 – 750 Early Muslim conquests
  • 629 – 1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
    • 647 – 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 1299 – 1307 Siege of Tlemcen (1299–1307)
• 1335 – 1337 Siege of Tlemcen (1335–1337)
• 1492 – 1792 Spanish–Ottoman wars
  • 1519 Algiers expedition (1519)
  • 1526 – 1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1537 – 1540 Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
  • 1541 Algiers expedition (1541)
  • 1543 Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543)
  • 1543 Expedition to Mostaganem (1543)
  • 1555 Capture of Béjaïa (1555)
  • 1556 Siege of Oran (1556)
• 1526 – 1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1563 Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir
• 1535 Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535)
• 1550 – 1795 Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco
• late 16th century Revolt of Sidi Yahia
• 1609 – 1628 Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628)
• 1628 Tunisian–Algerian War (1628)
• 1664 Djidjelli expedition
• 1681 – 1688 Franco–Algerian war (1681–1688)
• 1694 Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)
• 1707 – 1708 Siege of Oran (1707–1708)
• 1732 Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)
• 1769 – 1772 Danish–Algerian War
• 1775 – 1785 Spanish–Algerian War (1775–1785)
  • 1775 Invasion of Algiers (1775)
  • 1783 Bombardment of Algiers (1783)
  • 1784 Bombardment of Algiers (1784)
• 1785 – 1795 American–Algerian War (1785–1795)
• 1790 – 1792 Siege of Oran (1790–1792)
• 1801 – 1815 Barbary Wars
  • 1815 Second Barbary War
• 1807 Tunisian–Algerian War (1807)
• 1811 Action of 22 May 1811
• 1813 Tunisian–Algerian War (1813)
• 1816 Bombardment of Algiers (1816)
• 1830 – 1903 French conquest of Algeria
  • 1830 – 1875 Pacification of Algeria
  • 1871 – 1872 Mokrani Revolt
• 1898 1898 Algerian riots
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943 North African Campaign
      • 1942 Operation Torch
    • 1940 – 1945 Battle of the Mediterranean
• 1954 – 1962 Algerian War
  • 1958 May 1958 crisis
  • 1961 Algiers putsch of 1961
• 1963 – 1964 Sand War
• 1963 – 1964 Socialist Forces Front rebellion in Algeria
• 1965 1965 Algerian coup d'état
• 1967 1967 Algerian coup attempt
• 1970 – present Western Sahara conflict
• 1991 – 2002 Algerian Civil War
  • 1992 1992 Algerian coup d'état
• 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield

Egypt

Prehistoric Egypt

• c. 12th millennium BC War at Jebel Sahaba
• c. 3270 BC Siege of Naqada

Ancient Egypt

• c. 1206 – 1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse
  • c. 1178 BC – 1175 BC Battle of the Nile Delta
• 525 BC First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
• 499 BC – 449 BC Greco-Persian Wars
  • 477 BC – 449 BC Wars of the Delian League
• 340 BC – 339 BC Second Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
• 336 BC – 323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great
• 133 BC – 44 BC Crisis of the Roman Republic
  • 49 BC – 45 BC Caesar's civil war
  • 32 BC – 30 BC War of Actium

Roman Egypt

• 115 – 117 Diaspora Revolt
• 235 – 284 Crisis of the Third Century
  • 270 Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
• 602 – 628 Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • 618 – 621 Sasanian conquest of Egypt

Rashidun Caliphate

• 629 – 1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
  • 639 – 642 Arab conquest of Egypt
• 656 – 661 First Fitna
  • 658 Umayyad invasions of Egypt

Umayyad Caliphate

• 720 – 832 Bashmurian revolts

Abbasid Caliphate

• 629 – 1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
  • 639 – 642 Arab conquest of Egypt
• 914 – 915 Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915)
• 919 – 921 Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921)
• 969 Fatimid conquest of Egypt

Fatimid Caliphate

• 971 First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt
• 973 – 974 Second Qarmatian invasion of Egypt
• 1095 – 1303 Crusades
  • 1163 – 1169 Crusader invasions of Egypt
• 1169 Battle of the Blacks

Ayyubid Sultanate

• 1095 – 1303 Crusades
  • 1217 – 1221 Fifth Crusade
  • 1248 – 1254 Seventh Crusade
• 1173 Turan-Shah's Nubian campaign

Mamluk Sultanate

• 1251 Battle of al-Kura
• 1365 Alexandrian Crusade
• 1367 Battle of Cairo (1367)
• 1516 – 1517 Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517)

Ottoman Egypt

• 1492 – 1792 Spanish–Ottoman wars
• 1768 – 1774 Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774)
• 1792 – 1802 French Revolutionary Wars
  • 1798 – 1802 War of the Second Coalition
    • 1798 – 1801 French invasion of Egypt and Syria
• 1803 – 1807 Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
• 1807 – 1809 Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809)
• 1821 – 1829 Greek War of Independence

Khedivate of Egypt

• 1879 – 1882 Urabi revolt
• 1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
• 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War

Sultanate of Egypt

• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1918 Sinai and Palestine campaign
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1916 North African theatre of World War I
      • 1915 – 1917 Senussi campaign
• 1918 – 1919 1919 Egyptian revolution

Kingdom of Egypt

• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943 North African Campaign
      • 1940 – 1943 Western Desert campaign
    • 1940 – 1945 Battle of the Mediterranean
  • 1942 1942 Abdeen Palace incident
• 1948 – 1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• 1952 Battle of Ismailia (1952)
• 1952 1952 Egyptian revolution

Arab Republic of Egypt

• 1956 Suez Crisis
• 1967 Six-Day War
• 1973 Yom Kippur War
• 1977 Libyan–Egyptian War
• 1981 – present Terrorism in Egypt
  • 2011 – 2023 Sinai insurgency
  • 2013 – present Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
• 1986 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot
• 2014 2014 Aswan tribal clashes

Libya

Main article: List of conflicts in Libya

• 264 BC – 146 BC Punic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BC Jugurthine War
• 429 – 442 Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
• 461 – 468 Vandal War (461–468)
• 533 – 534 Vandalic War
• 647 – 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 761 Abbasid conquest of Ifriqiya
• 1510 Spanish conquest of Tripoli
• 1526 – 1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1551 – 1559 Italian War of 1551–1559
• 1681 – 1685 French–Tripolitania War
• 1699 – 1702 Maghrebi war (1699–1702)
• 1705 Siege of Tripoli (1705)
• 1711 1711 Karamanli coup
• 1728 Bombardment of Tripoli (1728)
• 1790 – 1795 Tripolitanian civil war
• 1797 Action of 16 May 1797
• 1801 – 1805 First Barbary War
• 1825 Battle of Tripoli (1825)
• 1828 Bombardment of Tripoli (1828)
• 1835 – 1858 1835-1858 revolt in Ottoman Tripolitania
• 1860 – 1890 Barasa–Ubaidat War
• 1911 – 1932 Libyan resistance movement
  • 1911 – 1912 Italo-Turkish War
    • 1911 Italian invasion of Libya
  • 1923 – 1932 Second Italo-Senussi War
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1916 Military operations in North Africa during World War I
      • 1915 – 1917 Senussi campaign
• 1920 – 1922 1920–1922 Jabal al-Gharbi civil war
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943 North African campaign
      • 1940 – 1943 Western Desert Campaign
    • 1940 – 1945 Battle of the Mediterranean
• 1957 Battle of Essien (1957)
• 1969 1969 Libyan revolution
• 1969 1969 Libyan coup attempt
• 1970 Black Prince conspiracy
• 1977 Egyptian-Libyan War
• 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
• 1984 Bab al-Azizia siege
• 1986 Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)
• 1986 1986 United States bombing of Libya
• 1989 1989 air battle near Tobruk
• 1993 1993 Libyan coup attempt
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
• 2008 2008 Kufra conflict
• 2011 Libyan civil war (2011)
• 2011 – 2014 Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)
• 2014 – 2020 Libyan civil war (2014–present)
• 2022 2022 Tripoli clashes
• 2023 2023 Tripoli clashes
• 2025 2025 Tripoli clashes

Morocco

Main article: List of conflicts in Morocco

• 264 BC – 146 BC Punic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BC Jugurthine War
• 429 – 442 Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
• 533 – 534 Vandalic War
• 647 – 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 718 – 1492 Reconquista
• 739 – 743 Berber Revolt
• 1033 1033 Fez massacre
• 1260 Battle of Salé
• 1415 – 1769 Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts
  • 1437 Battle of Tangier (1437)
  • 1458 Portuguese conquest of Ksar es-Seghir
  • 1463 – 1464 Siege of Tangier (1463–1464)
  • 1468 Anfa expedition (1468)
  • 1471 Conquest of Asilah
  • 1471 Portuguese conquest of Tangier
  • 1487 Chaouia expedition
  • 1490 Targa expedition (1490)
  • 1513 Battle of Azemmour
  • 1514 Battle of Tednest
  • 1514 Battle of the Alcaides
  • 1515 Raid of Marrakesh (1515)
  • 1515 Battle of Mamora (1515)
  • 1516 Portuguese expedition to Doukkala (1516)
  • 1533 Siege of Agadir (1533)
  • 1541 Fall of Agadir
  • 1562 Siege of Mazagan (1562)
  • 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir
  • 1640 Mazagan Ambush
  • 1696 Battle of Mamora (1696)
  • 1769 Siege of Mazagan (1769)
• 1465 1465 Moroccan revolt
• 16th century – 19th century Barbary–Portuguese conflicts
• 1550 – 1795 Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco
• 1565 Blockade of the Tetuan River
• 1614 Capture of La Mámora
• 1680 Great Siege of Tangier
• 1681 Siege of Mamora (1681)
• 1689 Siege of Larache (1689)
• 1690 – 1691 Siege of Asilah (1690–1691)
• 1765 Larache expedition
• 1775 – 1777 Dutch–Moroccan War (1775–1777)
• 1784 Moroccan seizure of the Betsey
• 1844 First Franco-Moroccan War
• 1851 Bombardment of Salé (1851)
• 1856 Battle of Tres Forcas
• 1859 – 1860 Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)
• 1893 Tafilalt expedition
• 1893 – 1894 First Melillan campaign
• 1905 – 1906 Tangier Crisis
• 1907 – 1934 French conquest of Morocco
• 1907 – 1908 Hafidiya
  • 1908 Battle of Marrakesh
• 1909 Second Melillan campaign
• 1911 Agadir Crisis
• 1911 – 1912 Kert campaign
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1921 Zaian War
• 1920 – 1926 Rif War
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943 North African Campaign
• 1957 – 1958 Ifni War
• 1958 – 1959 Rif Revolt
• 1963 – 1964 Sand War
• 1970 – present Western Sahara conflict
  • 1975 – 1991 Western Sahara War
• 1971 1971 Moroccan coup attempt
• 1972 1972 Moroccan coup attempt
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield

Sudan

• c. 1506 BC Egyptian Invasion of Kerma
• 622 – 750 Early Muslim conquests
  • 642 First battle of Dongola
  • 652 Second battle of Dongola
• 1820 – 1824 Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824)
• 1873 – 1874 Conquest of Darfur (1873–1874)
• 1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
• 1908 Wad Habuba Revolt
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1915 – 1916 Military operations in North Africa during World War I
    • 1916 Invasion of Darfur (1916)
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941 East African campaign (World War II)
• 1955 – 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
  • 1958 1958 Sudanese coup d'état
  • 1969 1969 Sudanese coup d'état
• 1983 – 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War
  • 1985 1985 Sudanese coup d'état
  • 1987 – 1989 War of the Tribes
  • 1989 1989 Sudanese coup d'état
• 1998 Operation Infinite Reach
• 2003 – 2020 War in Darfur
  • 2008 2008 Omdurman attack
• 2006 Battle of Malakal
• 2008 – present Sudanese nomadic conflicts
  • 2009 2009 Sobat River ambush
  • 2010 2010 South Darfur clash
• 2009 2009 Sudan airstrikes
• 2011 – 2020 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
• 2012 Heglig Crisis
• 2018 – 2019 Sudanese Revolution
  • 2019 2019 Sudanese coup d'état
• 2021 September 2021 Sudanese coup attempt
• 2021 2021 Sudanese coup d'état
• 2022 – 2023 Blue Nile clashes (2022–2023)
• 2023 2023 Foro Baranga clashes
• 2023 – present Sudanese civil war (2023–present)

Tunisia

Carthaginian Empire

• 264 BC – 146 BC Punic Wars
  • 264 BC – 241 BC First Punic War
  • 240 BC – 238 BC Mercenary War
  • 218 BC – 201 BC Second Punic War
  • 149 BC – 146 BC Third Punic War

Kingdom of Numidia

• 112 BC – 106 BC Jugurthine War

Roman Province of Africa

• 238 Battle of Carthage (238)
• 429 – 432 Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
• 439 Vandal War (439-442)
• 461 - 468 Vandal War (461–468)

Vandal Kingdom

• 533 – 534 Vandalic War

Byzantine Praetorian Prefecture of Africa

• 533 – 548 Byzantine–Moorish wars

Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

• 647 – 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
  • 698 Battle of Carthage (698)

Aghlabids

• 1087 Mahdia campaign of 1087

Almohad Caliphate

• 1159 – 1160 Almohad conquest of Ifriqiya

Hafsid Dynasty

• 1095 – 1303 Crusades
  • 1269 Eighth Crusade
• 1329 Capture of Tunis (1329)
• 1390 Barbary Crusade
• 1424 Aragonese expedition to Tunisia of 1424

Ottoman Tunisia

• 1492 – 1792 Spanish–Ottoman wars
  • 1526 – 1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
• 1665 Action of March 1665
• 1699 – 1702 Maghrebi war (1699–1702)
  • 1699 – 1700 Constantine campaign (1699–1700)
• 1675 – 1705 Revolutions of Tunis

Beylik of Tunis

• 1705 Tunisian–Algerian War (1705)
• 1735 Capture of Tunis (1735)
• 1742 Tabarka expedition (1742)
• 1756 Capture of Tunis (1756)
• 1784 – 1786 Venetian bombardments of the Beylik of Tunis
• 1811 Action of 22 May 1811
• 1813 Tunisian–Algerian War (1813)
• 1864 – 1865 Mejba Revolt
• 1881 French conquest of Tunisia

French Protectorate of Tunisia

• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943 North African campaign
      • 1942 – 1943 Tunisian campaign
    • 1940 – 1945 Battle of the Mediterranean
• 1952 – 1954 Tunisian Guerilla War

Republic of Tunisia

• 1961 Bizerte crisis
• 1961 Battle of marker 233
• 1980 1980 Gafsa Uprising
• 1985 Operation Wooden Leg
• 1987 1987 Tunisian coup d'état
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2006 – 2007 2006–2007 Tunisia clashes
    • 2007 Soliman shooting
  • 2012 – 2019 Chaambi Operations
  • 2014 Raoued Operation
• 2011 First Libyan Civil War
• 2013 Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun
• 2015 – 2024 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
• 2021 2021 Tunisian self-coup

Western Sahara

• 1970 – present Western Sahara conflict
  • 1973 – 1976 Sahrawi insurgency
  • 1975 Green March
  • 1975 – 1991 Western Sahara War
  • 2020 – present Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)

East Africa

Burundi

• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1965 1965 Burundian coup attempt
• 1966 July 1966 Burundian coup d'état
• 1966 November 1966 Burundian coup d'état
• 1976 1976 Burundian coup d'état
• 1987 1987 Burundian coup d'état
• 1993 – 2005 Burundi Civil War
  • 1993 1993 Burundian coup attempt
  • 1996 1996 Burundian coup d'état
  • 2001 2001 Burundian coup attempt
• 2004 – present Kivu conflict
• 2015 – 2018 Burundian unrest
  • 2015 2015 Burundian coup attempt

Comoros

• 1803 – 1815 Napoleonic Wars
  • 1809 – 1811 Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
• 1978 1978 Comorian coup d'état
• 1995 Operation Azalee
• 1999 1999 Comorian coup d'état
• 2008 Invasion of Anjouan
• 2013 2013 Comorian coup attempt

Djibouti

• 1874 – 1885 Egyptian Invasion of Harar
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941 East African campaign (World War II)
• 1991 – 1994 Djiboutian Civil War
• 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

Eritrea

• 1529 – 1543 Ethiopian–Adal War
• 1557 – 1624 Ottoman conquest of Habesh
• 1874 – 1876 Egyptian–Ethiopian War
• 1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
• 1894 Battle of Halai
• 1895 – 1896 First Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1935 – 1936 Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941 East African campaign (World War II)
• 1961 – 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
  • 1972 – 1981 Eritrean Civil Wars
    • 1972 – 1974 First Eritrean Civil War
    • 1980 – 1981 Second Eritrean Civil War
• 1995 – 2018 Second Afar insurgency
• 1995 Hanish Islands conflict
• 1998 – 2018 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
  • 1998 – 2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
  • 2010 2010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish
  • 2016 Battle of Tsorona
• 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict
• 2013 2013 Eritrean Army mutiny
• 2018 – present Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
  • 2020 – 2022 Tigray War
    • 2020 – 2022 Spillover of the Tigray war

Ethiopia

Makhzumi Dynasty

• 1270 Battle of Ansata

Ethiopian Empire

• 1314 – 1344 Amda Seyon I's expansions
  • 1332 Battle of Das
• 1410 Battle of Zeila
• 1413 Battle of Serjan
• 1413 Battle of Zikr Amhara
• 1422 Battle of Yedaya
• 1423 Siege of Mukha
• 1445 Battle of Gomit
• 16th century – 17th century Oromo expansion
• 1520 – 1526 Adalite Civil War
• 1529 – 1543 Ethiopian–Adal War
• 1538 – 1560 Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)
• 1563 Battle of Endagabatan
• 1569 Battle of Hadiya (1569)
• 1576 Battle of Webi River
• 1769 – 1855 Zemene Mesafint
  • 1771 Three battles of Sarbakusa
  • 1788 Battle of Madab
  • 1831 Battle of Debre Abbay
  • 1839 Battle of Konzoula
  • 1842 Battle of Debre Tabor
  • 1852 Battle of Gur Amba
  • 1853 Battle of Takusa
  • 1853 Battle of Ayshal
  • 1854 Battle of Amba Jebelli
  • 1855 Battle of Derasge
• 1782 Battle of Wuchale
• 1832 – 1848 Ethiopian–Ottoman border conflict
• 1867 – 1868 British Expedition to Abyssinia
• 1871 Battle of the Assem
• 1874 – 1876 Egyptian–Ethiopian War
• 1874 – 1885 Egyptian Invasion of Harar
• 1878 – 1904 Menelik II's conquests
• 1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
• 1895 – 1896 First Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1896 – 1920 Somaliland campaign
• 1916 Battle of Segale
• 1928 1928 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt
• 1929 – 1930 Gugsa Wale's rebellion
• 1935 – 1937 Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1939 Arbegnoch rebellion of 1939
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941 East African campaign (World War II)
    • 1941 – 1943 Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia
• 1943 Woyane rebellion
• 1948 – present Ethiopian–Somali conflict
  • 1963 – 1970 Bale revolt
  • 1963 – 1965 1963–1965 Ogaden rebellion
  • 1964 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• 1960 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt
• 1973 – present Oromo conflict
• 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
• 1974 – 1991 Ethiopian Civil War
  • 1974 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

• 1948 – present Ethiopian–Somali conflict
  • 1977 – 1978 Ogaden War
  • 1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• 1974 – 1991 Ethiopian Civil War
• 1981 – 1991 Somaliland War of Independence

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

• 1973 – present Oromo conflict
• 1985 – 2023 Gambela conflict
• 1991 – presentSomali Civil War
  • 2009 – present Somali Civil War (2009–present)
    • 2022 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
• 1992 – 2018 Insurgency in Ogaden
• 1994 – present Ethnic violence in Konso
• 1994 – present Ethnic violence against Amaro Koore
• 1995 – 2018 Gedeo-Guji clashes
• 1998 – 2018 Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
  • 1998 – 2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
  • 2010 2010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish
  • 2016 Battle of Tsorona
• 2002 – present Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
• 2005 2005 Ethiopian general election violence
• 2012 Moyale clashes
• 2016 – 2018 Oromo–Somali clashes
• 2018 – present Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
  • 2018 – present OLA insurgency
  • 2019 Amhara Region coup attempt
  • 2019 – 2022 Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
  • 2020 – 2024 Afar–Somali clashes
  • 2020 – 2022 Tigray War
  • 2020 – 2022 Al-Fashaga conflict
  • 2023 – present Fano insurgency

Madagascar

• 1883 – 1895 Franco-Hova Wars
  • 1883 – 1885 First Madagascar expedition
  • 1894 – 1895 Second Madagascar expedition
• 1895 – 1897 Menalamba rebellion
• 1904 – 1905 1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar
• 1915 – 1917 Sadiavahy Rebellion
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Indian Ocean campaign
    • 1942 Battle of Madagascar
• 1947 – 1949 Malagasy Uprising
• 2006 2006 Malagasy coup attempt
  • 2009 2009 Malagasy political crisis
• 2009 2009 Camp Capsat mutiny
• 2010 2010 Madagascar coup attempt
• 2025 2025 Malagasy coup d'état

Malawi

• 1915 Chilembwe uprising
• 1959 – 1960 Nyasaland emergency of 1959
  • 1959 Operation Sunrise (Nyasaland)
• 1992 – 1993 Operation Bwezani

Mauritius

• 1792 – 1797 War of the First Coalition
• 1792 – 1802 French Revolutionary Wars
  • 1793 – 1801 East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
• 1803 – 1815 Napoleonic Wars
  • 1809 – 1811 Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811

Mozambique

• 16th century – 20th century Zimbabwean–Portuguese conflicts
• 1847 – 1910 Angoche–Portuguese conflicts (1847–1910)
• 1895 Battle of Marracuene
• 1895 Battle of Coolela
• 1897 Second Battle of Macontene
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African campaign (World War I)
  • 1917 – 1918 Barue uprising
• 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

Kenya

• 1500 – 1509 Portuguese conquest of the East African coast
  • 1505 Battle of Mombasa (1505)
• 1528 Battle of Mombasa (1528)
• 1586 – 1589 Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589)
  • 1589 Battle of Mombasa (1589)
• 1696 – 1698 Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)
• 1813 Battle of Shela
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941 East African Campaign (World War II)
• 1952 – 1960 Mau Mau Uprising
• 1963 – present Somali–Kenyan conflict
  • 1963 – 1967 Shifta War
• 1982 1982 Kenyan coup attempt
• 1987 – 1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
• 1998 – present Terrorism in Kenya
  • 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
  • 2019 Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
• 2005 – 2008 Mount Elgon insurgency
• 2007 – 2008 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis
• 2009 – present Somali Civil War (2009–present)
• 2012 – 2013 2012–2013 Tana River District clashes
• 2012 Baragoi clashes

Réunion

• 1803 – 1815 Napoleonic Wars
  • 1809 – 1811 Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Indian Ocean campaign

Rwanda

• 1896 Battle of Shangi
• 1912 Ndungutse's rebellion
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1959 – 1961 Rwandan Revolution
• 1961 Coup of Gitarama
• 1963 Bugesera invasion
• 1973 1973 Rwandan coup d'état
• 1990 – 1994 Rwandan Civil War
• 2004 – present Kivu conflict
  • 2022 – 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict (2022–present)
• 2012 2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash

Seychelles

• 1798 – 1802 War of the Second Coalition
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Indian Ocean campaign
• 1977 1977 Seychelles coup d'état
• 1981 1981 Seychelles coup attempt

Somalia

Sultanate of Mogadishu

• 766 – 837 Abbasid expeditions to East Africa

Adal Sultanate

• 1424 – 1429 Campaigns of Jamal ad-Din II
• 1500 – 1509 Portuguese conquest of the East African coast
• 1499 – 1543 Somali–Portuguese conflicts
  • 1507 Battle of Barawa
  • 1517 Battle of Zeila
  • 1542 Battle of Benadir
• 1520 – 1526 Adalite Civil War
• 1529 – 1543 Ethiopian–Adal War

Isaaq Sultanate

• 1825 – 1886 Anglo-Isaaq conflicts
  • 1827 British attack on Berbera (1827)
  • 1855 – 1856 Blockade of Berbera (1855–1856)

Emirate of Harar

• 1874 – 1885 Egyptian invasion of Harar

British Somaliland

• 1896 – 1920 Somaliland campaign
• 1922 1922 Burao tax revolt
• 1945 1945 Sheikh Bashir rebellion

Italian East Africa

• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941 East African campaign (World War II)

Somali Republic

• 1961 1961 revolt in Somalia
• 1954 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• 1969 1969 Somali coup d'état

Somali Democratic Republic

• 1977 – 1978 Ogaden War
  • 1977 Somali invasion of Ogaden
• 1978 1978 Somali coup attempt
• 1978 – 1991 Somali Rebellion
  • 1978 – 1982 Afraad Rebellion
  • 1981 – 1991 Somaliland War of Independence
• 1982 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War

Federal Republic of Somalia

• 1991 – present Somali Civil War
  • 1992 – 1993 Unified Task Force
  • 1993 – 1995 United Nations Operation in Somalia II
  • 1995 – 2006 Consolidation of states within Somalia (1995–2006)
  • 1998 – present Puntland-Somaliland dispute
  • 2000 – present Piracy off the coast of Somalia
    • 2008 – present Operation Atalanta
    • 2009 – present Operation Ocean Shield
  • 2002 – 2016 Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
  • 2006 Rise of the Islamic Courts Union
  • 2006 – 2009 Somalia War (2006–2009)
  • 2009 – present Somali Civil War (2009–present)
  • 2023 – present Las Anod conflict (2023–present)
  • 2024 – present Constitutional crisis in Somalia
    • 2024 – present Jubaland crisis

South Sudan

• 1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
• 1898 Fashoda Incident
• 1955 – 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
• 1960 – 1965 Congo Crisis
  • 1963 – 1965 Simba rebellion
• 1983 – 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War
• 1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996 – 1997 First Congo War
• 2005 – 2006 Disarmament of the Lou Nuer
• 2006 Battle of Malakal
• 2008 – present Sudanese nomadic conflicts
• 2010 – 2011 George Athor's rebellion
• 2008 – present Sudanese nomadic conflicts
  • 2009 2009 Sobat River ambush
  • 2011 – present 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)
• 2025 2025 Nasir clashes

Tanzania

• 1500 – 1509 Portuguese conquest of the East African coast
• 1505 Sack of Kilwa
• 1784 Oman–Zanzibar war
• 1888 – 1889 Abushiri revolt
• 1888 – 1889 Blockade of Zanzibar
• 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War
• 1905 – 1907 Maji Maji Rebellion
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1964 Zanzibar Revolution
• 1978 – 1979 Uganda–Tanzania War
• 2017 – present Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

Uganda

• 1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
• 1892 Battle of Kampala Hill
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1960 – 1965 Congo Crisis
  • 1963 – 1965 Simba rebellion
• 1966 Mengo Crisis
• 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
• 1980 – 1986 Ugandan Bush War
• 1986 – 1994 War in Uganda (1986-1994)
• 1987 – 1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
• 1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996 – present Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• 1996 – 2002 UNRF II insurgency
• 2016 Kasese clashes

Zambia

• 1964 – 1979 Rhodesian Bush War
• 1966 – 1990 South African Border War
• 1990 1990 Zambian coup attempt
• 1997 1997 Zambian coup attempt

Zimbabwe

• 16th century – 20th century Zimbabwean–Portuguese conflicts
• 1890 Pioneer Column
• 1893 – 1894 First Matabele War
• 1896 – 1897 Second Matabele War
• 1980 1980 Entumbane clashes
• 1981 1981 Entumbane uprising
• 2017 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

Central Africa

Angola

• 1580 – 1582 Cuanza River Campaign
• 1598 – 1663 Dutch–Portuguese War
• 1622 Battle of Mbumbi
• 1523 Battle of Mbanda Kasi
• 1665 – 1709 Kongo Civil War
• 1671 Battle of Pungo Andongo
• 1681 Battle of Katole
• 1685 Battle of Talandongo
• 1691 – 1693 Mbwila Rebellion of 1691–1693
• 1723 Cabinda Expedition
• 1774 – 1778 Portuguese–Ovimbundu War
• 1902 – 1904 Bailundo revolt
• 1907 Battle of Mufilo
• 1914 – 1918 World War II
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1915 South West Africa campaign
      • 1914 – 1917 Ovambo Uprising
• 1961 – 1974 Portuguese Colonial War
  • 1961 – 1974 Angolan War of Independence
• 1964 – 1979 Rhodesian Bush War
• 1966 – 1990 South African Border War
• 1975 – present Cabinda War
• 1975 – 2002 Angolan Civil War

Cameroon

• 1804 – 1808 Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1916 Kamerun campaign
• 1939 – 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
• 1984 1984 Cameroonian coup attempt
• 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield
• 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
• 2017 – present Anglophone Crisis

Central African Republic

• 1900 Battle of Kousséri
• 1928 – 1931 Kongo-Wara rebellion
• 1965 – 1966 Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état
• 1979 1979 Central African coup d'état
• 1979 – 1981 Operation Barracuda
• 1981 1981 Central African Republic coup d'état
• 1982 1982 Central African Republic coup attempt
• 1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 2001 2001 Central African Republic coup attempt
• 2002 2002 Central African Republic coup attempt
• 2003 2003 Central African Republic coup d'état
• 2004 – 2007 Central African Republic Bush War
• 2012 – present Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present)
  • 2013 – 2014 Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration

Chad

• 1898 – 1900 Voulet–Chanoine Mission
• 1899 Battle of Kouno
• 1899 Battle of Togbao
• 1909 – 1911 Ouaddai War
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1916 Kamerun campaign
• 1965 – 1979 Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
• 1978 – 1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict
  • 1986 – 1987 Toyota War
• 1983 Chadian–Nigerian War
• 1990 1990 Chadian coup d'état
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield
• 2004 2004 Chadian coup attempt
• 2005 – 2010 Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)
• 2004 2004 Chadian coup attempt
• 2006 2006 Chadian coup attempt
• 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
  • 2015 2015 West African offensive
  • 2018 – 2020 Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
• 2013 2013 Chadian coup attempt
• 2016 – present Insurgency in Chad (2016–present)
  • 2021 2021 Northern Chad offensive

Republic of Congo

• 1665 – 1709 Kongo Civil War
• 1966 1966 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 1968 1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état
• 1972 1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 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

Democratic Republic of Congo

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

• 1622 – Kongo-Portuguese War
• 1665 – 1709 Kongo Civil War
• 1891 − 1892 Stairs Expedition to Katanga
• 1892 – 1894 Congo–Arab war
• 1895 – 1908 Batetela rebellion
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918 East African campaign (World War I)
• 1931 Pende revolt
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1944 Masisi-Lubutu revolt
• 1959 Léopoldville riots
• 1960 – 1965 Congo Crisis
  • 1963 – 1965 Kwilu rebellion
  • 1963 – 1965 Simba Rebellion
  • 1963 – 1966 Kanyarwanda War
• 1963 – present Katanga insurgency
• 1966 – 1967 Stanleyville mutinies
• 1977 Shaba I
• 1978 Shaba II
• 1987 — present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996 — present Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• 1996 – 1997 First Congo War
• 1998 – 2003 Second Congo War
  • 2000 Six-Day War (2000)
• 1999 – present Ituri conflict
• 2004 – present Kivu conflict
  • 2012 – 2013 M23 rebellion (2012–2013)
  • 2022 – present M23 offensive (2022–present)
  • 2022 – 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict (2022–present)
• 2004 2004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 2009 Dongo conflict
• 2011 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 2012 2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash
• 2013 – 2018 Batwa-Luba clashes
• 2013 December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
• 2016 – 2019 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
• 2022 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état allegations
• 2022 – present Western DR Congo clashes
• 2024 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt

Equatorial Guinea

• 1936 – 1939 Spanish Civil War
• 1979 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
• 2004 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt
• 2017 2017 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt

Gabon

• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1916 Kamerun campaign
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 Battle of Gabon
• 1964 1964 Gabonese coup d'état
• 2019 2019 Gabonese coup attempt
• 2023 2023 Gabonese coup d'état

São Tomé and Príncipe

• 1953 Batepá Massacre
• 1988 1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
• 1995 1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
• 2003 2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
• 2022 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt

Southern Africa

Botswana

• 1852 Battle of Dimawe
• 1899 – 1902 Second Boer War
• 1964 – 1979 Rhodesian Bush War
• 1985 Raid on Gaborone

Eswatini

• 1899 – 1902 Second Boer War

Lesotho

• 1852 Battle of Berea
• 1858 − 1868 Free State–Basotho Wars
• 1880 – 1881 Basotho Gun War
• 1899 – 1902 Second Boer War
• 1970 1970 Lesotho coup d'état
• 1974 – 1990 BCP Insurgency
• 1986 1986 Lesotho coup d'état
• 1991 1991 Lesotho coup d'état
• 1994 1994 Lesotho coup d'état
• 1998 South African intervention in Lesotho
• 2014 2014 Lesotho political crisis

Namibia

• 1896 Khaua-Mbandjeru rebellion
• 1904 – 1908 Herero Wars
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1915 South West Africa campaign
• 1922 Bondelswarts Rebellion
• 1966 – 1990 South African Border War
• 1994 – 1999 Caprivi conflict

South Africa

See also: List of battles in South Africa

• 1510 Battle of Salt River
• 1659 – 1677 Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
• 1779 – 1879 Xhosa Wars
• 1792 – 1802 French Revolutionary Wars
  • 1792 – 1797 War of the First Coalition
    • 1793 – 1801 East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
• 1803 – 1815 Napoleonic Wars
  • 1805 – 1806 War of the Third Coalition
• 1815 – 1840 Mfecane
  • 1817 – 1819 Ndwandwe–Zulu War
  • 1820 Battle of Mhlatuze River
• 1815 Slachter's Nek Rebellion
• 1830s – 1840s Great Trek
  • 1836 Battle of Vegkop
  • 1838 Piet Retief Delegation massacre
  • 1838 Weenen massacre
  • 1838 Battle of Italeni
  • 1838 Battle of Blood River
  • 1840 Battle of Maqongqo
  • 1842 Battle of Congella
  • 1848 Battle of Boomplaats
• 1862 – 1864 Transvaal Civil War
• 1879 Anglo-Zulu War
• 1880 – 1881 First Boer War
• 1894 Malaboch War
• 1895 – 1896 Jameson Raid
• 1899 – 1902 Second Boer War
• 1906 Bambatha Rebellion
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1915 South West Africa campaign
      • 1914 – 1915 Maritz Rebellion
• 1921 – 1922 Rand Rebellion
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
• 1948 – 1994 Internal resistance to apartheid
  • 1950 Witzieshoek revolt
  • 1986 – 1987 Ciskei–Transkei conflict
  • 1987 1987 Transkei coup d'état
  • 1990 1990 Ciskei coup d'état
  • 1990 1990 Venda coup d'état
  • 1991 Battle of Ventersdorp
  • 1994 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis
• 1966 – 1990 South African Border War

West Africa

Benin

• 1890 First Franco-Dahomean War
• 1892 – 1894 Second Franco-Dahomean War
• 1963 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état
• 1972 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
• 1977 1977 Benin coup attempt
• 2011 – present War in the Sahel
  • 2012 – present Mali War
    • 2015 – present Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
      • 2018 – present Fulani-Mossi conflict
  • 2021 – present Jihadist insurgency in Northern Benin

Burkina Faso

• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1916 North African theatre of World War I
      • 1915 – 1917 Volta-Bani War
• 1966 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 1974 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 1980 1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 1982 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 1983 1983 Upper Voltan coup attempt
• 1983 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 1985 Agacher Strip War
• 1987 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
• 1989 1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt
• 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield
  • 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
    • 2012 – present Mali War
      • 2014 – 2022 Operation Barkhane
      • 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
        • 2018 – present Fulani-Mossi conflict
    • 2019 – present JNIM-ISGS war
• 2015 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt
• 2016 2016 Burkina Faso coup attempt
• 2022 January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
• 2022 September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
• 2023 2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt

Cape Verde

• 1585 – 1604 Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
• 1619 Action of 19 February 1619
• 1701 – 1714 War of the Spanish Succession
• 1775 – 1783 American Revolutionary War

Côte d'Ivoire

• 1819 – 1861 African Slave Trade Patrol
  • 1842 Mary Carver Affair
  • 1842 Ivory Coast expedition
• 1883 – 1898 Mandingo Wars
• 1999 – 2003 Second Liberian Civil War
• 1999 1999 Ivorian coup d'état
• 2001 2001 Ivorian coup attempt
• 2002 – 2007 First Ivorian Civil War
  • 2004 2004 French–Ivorian clashes
• 2010 – 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War
• 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
• 2012 2012 Ivorian coup attempt
• 2017 2017 Ivory Coast mutinies

Gambia

• 1830 – 1887 Soninke-Marabout Wars
  • 1850 – 1856 Soninke-Marabout War (Kombo)
• 1831 – 1832 Barra War
• 1981 1981 Gambian coup attempt
• 1994 1994 Gambian coup d'état
• 2014 2014 Gambian coup attempt
• 2016 – 2017 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
• 2017 – present ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
• 2022 2022 Gambian coup attempt

Ghana

Main article: List of conflicts in Ghana

• 1598 – 1663 Dutch–Portuguese War
• 1652 – 1784 Anglo-Dutch Wars
  • 1661 – 1665 Dano-Dutch colonial conflict on the Gold Coast
  • 1664 – 1665 De Ruyter's expedition to West Africa
  • 1780 – 1784 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
    • 1781 Shirley's Gold Coast expedition
• 1678 Assault on Osu
• 1694 – 1700 Komenda Wars
• 1701 Battle of Feyiase
• 1784 Sagbadre War
• 1806 – 1807 Ashanti–Fante War
• 1811 Ga–Fante War
• 1814 – 1816 Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War
• 1823 – 1900 Anglo-Ashanti wars
  • 1826 Katamanso War
  • 1900 War of the Golden Stool
• 1837 – 1839 Dutch–Ahanta War
• 1869 – 1870 Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–1870
• 1892 1892 Sack of Salaga
• 1896 Battle of Adibo
• 1897 Battle of Kanjaga
• 1901 Kumasi Mutiny of 1901
• 1957 – present Bawku conflict
• 1966 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état
• 1967 Operation Guitar Boy
• 1979 June 4th revolution in Ghana
• 1981 1981 Ghanaian coup d'état
• 1994 – 2015 Konkomba–Nanumba conflict
• 2002 2002 Dagbon chieftaincy crisis
• 2019 – present Gonja-Mamprusi conflict
• 2020 – present Western Togoland Rebellion

Guinea

• 1803 – 1815 Napoleonic Wars
  • 1813 Action of 7 February 1813
• 1960 Operation Persil
• 1963 – 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• 1984 1984 Guinean coup d'état
• 1996 1996 Guinean coup attempt
• 1999 – 2003 Second Liberian Civil War
  • 2000 – 2001 RFDG Insurgency
• 2008 2008 Guinean military unrest
• 2013 2013 Guinea clashes
• 2021 2021 Guinean coup d'état

Guinea-Bissau

• 1961 – 1974 Portuguese Colonial War
  • 1963 – 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• 1980 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
• 1998 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
• 1998 – 1999 Guinea-Bissau Civil War
• 2003 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
• 2010 2010 Guinea-Bissau military unrest
• 2011 2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
• 2012 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
• 2022 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
• 2023 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt

Liberia

• 1835 Port Cresson massacre
• 1871 1871 Liberian coup d'état
• 1875 – 1876 Liberian–Grebo War
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
• 1980 1980 Liberian coup d'état
• 1985 1985 Liberian coup attempt
• 1994 1994 Liberian coup attempt
• 1989 – 1996 First Liberian Civil War
• 1998 1998 Monrovia clashes
• 1999 – 2003 Second Liberian Civil War

Mali

Main article: List of conflicts in Mali

• 1235 Battle of Kirina
• 1590 – 1599 Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire
  • 1591 Battle of Tondibi
• 1599 Battle of Jenné
• 1857 Siege of Medina Fort
• 1861 Battle of Segou
• 1862 Battle of Cayawal
• 1883 – 1886 Mandingo Wars
• 1891 First Battle of Jenné
• 1893 Second Battle of Jenné
• 1962 – 1964 Tuareg rebellion (1962–64)
• 1968 1968 Malian coup d'état
• 1985 Agacher Strip War
• 1990 – 1995 Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)
• 1991 1991 Malian coup d'état
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield
  • 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
    • 2012 – present Mali War
      • 2012 2012 Tuareg rebellion
      • 2012 2012 Malian coup d'état
      • 2012 2012 Malian counter-coup attempt
      • 2013 – 2014 Operation Serval
      • 2013 Chadian intervention in northern Mali
      • 2014 – 2022 Operation Barkhane
      • 2019 – present JNIM-ISGS war
      • 2020 2020 Malian coup d'état
      • 2021 2021 Malian coup d'état
• 2006 2006 Tuareg rebellion
• 2007 – 2009 Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009)

Mauritania

Main article: List of conflicts in Mauritania

• 740 – 743 Berber Revolt
• 1056 Battle of Tabfarilla
• 1970 – present Western Sahara conflict
  • 1975 – 1991 Western Sahara War
• 1978 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 1979 1979 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 1980 1980 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 1981 1981 Mauritanian coup attempt
• 1984 1984 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 1989 – 1991 Mauritania–Senegal Border War
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2011 – present War in the Sahel
    • 2014 — 2022 Operation Barkhane
• 2003 2003 Mauritanian coup attempt
• 2005 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 2008 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état

Niger

• 1516 – 1517 Songhai Civil War
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1916 – 1917 Kaocen Revolt
• 1974 1974 Nigerien coup d'état
• 1990 – 1995 Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)
• 1996 1996 Nigerien coup d'état
• 1999 1999 Nigerien coup d'état
• 2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield
    • 2007 – 2009 Tuareg rebellion (2007–09)
  • 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
  • 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
    • 2012 – present Mali War
      • 2014 — 2022 Operation Barkhane
      • 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Niger
    • 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
      • 2018 – present Fulani-Mossi conflict
    • 2019 – present JNIM-ISGS war
• 2010 2010 Nigerien coup d'état
• 2011 2011 Nigerien coup attempt
• 2021 2021 Nigerien coup attempt
• 2023 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
• 2023 – 2024 Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)

Nigeria

• 1789 – 1893 Yoruba Wars
  • 1800s Mugbamugba War
  • 1835 – 1849 Ife-Modakeke conflict
  • 1877 – 1893 Kiriji War
• 1804 – 1808 Fulani War
• 1835 – 1836 Fula jihads
• 1897 Benin Expedition of 1897
• 1901 – 1902 Anglo-Aro War
• 1915 Bussa rebellion
• 1918 Adubi War
• 1966 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
• 1966 1966 Nigerian counter-coup
• 1967 – 1970 Nigerian Civil War
• 1968 – 1969 Agbekoya
• 1975 1975 Nigerian coup d'état
• 1976 1976 Nigerian coup attempt
• 1983 Chadian–Nigerian War
• 1983 1983 Nigerian coup d'état
• 1985 1985 Nigerian coup d'état
• 1990 1990 Nigerian coup attempt
• 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
• 2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
  • 2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
    • 2009 2009 Boko Haram uprising
  • 2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
• 2014 2014 Enugu Government House attack
• 2014 2014 Enugu State Broadcasting Service attack
• 2024 Oyo State coup attempt

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

• 1652 – 1784 Anglo–Dutch wars
  • 1672 – 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War

Senegal

• 1549 Battle of Danki
• 1619 Ambush at Portudal
• 1659 – late 1800s French conquest of Senegal
  • 1825 Franco-Trarzan War of 1825
  • 1859 Battle of Logandème
• 1756 – 1763 Seven Years' War
  • 1758 British capture of Senegal
• 1644 – 1677 Char Bouba war
• 1830 – 1887 Soninke-Marabout Wars
• 1939 – 1945 World War II
  • 1940 Battle of Dakar
• 1982 – present Casamance conflict
• 1989 – 1991 Mauritania–Senegal Border War
• 2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield

Sierra Leone

• 1967 1967 Sierra Leonean coups d'état
• 1968 Sergeant's Coup
• 1982 Ndogboyosoi War
• 1991 – 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War
  • 1992 1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état
• 2023 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt

Togo

• 1764 Battle of Atakpamé
• 1914 – 1918 World War I
  • 1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 Togoland campaign
• 1963 1963 Togolese coup d'état
• 1967 1967 Togolese coup d'état
• 1986 1986 Togolese coup attempt
• 2005 2005 Togolese coup d'état

See also

• List of active separatist movements in Africa
• List of ongoing armed conflicts
• Military history of Africa

General:

• List of conflicts in North America
• List of conflicts in Central America
• List of conflicts in South America
• List of conflicts in Europe
• List of conflicts in Asia
• List of conflicts in the Near East
• List of modern conflicts in the Middle East
• List of wars