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.

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

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 War
Belligerents 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

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)

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

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

Angola

1961 – 1974 Angolan War of Independence
1966 – 1990 South African Border War
Maximum 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

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'etat
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
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

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^[1]
1902–1904 Kuanhama Rebellion^[2]
1901–1902 Anglo-Aro War
1901–1903 Mapondera Rebellion
1902–1904 Bailundo revolt of 1902
1903–1904 British conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate^[3]
1904–1908 Herero Wars
1904–1905 uprising in Madagascar
1905–1907 Maji Maji Rebellion
1906 Bambatha Rebellion
1906 Sokoto Uprising of 1906^[4]
1907–1910 Dembos War of 1907-1910^[4]
1908 Battle of Marrakech
1909 Second Melillan campaign
1909–1911 Ouaddai War
1910–1912 Portuguese conquest of the Kasanje Kingdom^[5]
1911–1912 French conquest of Morocco
1911–1912 Italo-Turkish War
1912 Sirte revolt^[6]
1914 Kolongongo War^[7]
1914–1917 Kongo revolt^[8]^[9]
1914–1921 Zaian War
1914–1918 African theatre of World War I
- 1914–1918 East African campaign
- 1914–1916 Kamerun campaign
- 1914 Togoland Campaign
- 1914–1915 South West Africa campaign
1914–1915 Maritz rebellion
1915–1916 Volta-Bani War
1915 Chilembwe uprising
1915 The Bussa rebellion
1915–1917 Senussi Campaign
1916–1917 Kaocen revolt
1916 Battle of Segale
1918 The Adubi War
1920 Misurata-Warfalla War^[10]
1920–1922 Jabal al-Gharbi civil war
1920–1926 Rif War
1921–1922 Rand Rebellion
1922 Bondelswarts Rebellion
1923–1932 Pacification of Libya
1928–1931 Kongo-Wara rebellion
1929–1930 Women's War
1930 Gugsa Wale's rebellion
1935–1937 Second Italo-Ethiopian War
1939–1945 World War II
- 1940–1943 North African campaign
- 1940–1943 East African campaign
- 1940 Battle of Dakar
- 1940 Battle of Gabon
- 1942 Battle of Madagascar
1943 Woyane rebellion
1952–1960 Mau Mau Uprising
1954–1962 Algerian War
1955–1964 Bamileke War
1955–1972 First Sudanese Civil War
1957–1958 Ifni War
1960–1965 Congo Crisis
- 1966–1967 Stanleyville mutinies
1960–present Katanga insurgency
1961 Bizerte crisis
1961–1991 Eritrean War of Independence
1961–1974 Portuguese Colonial War
- 1961–1974 Angolan War of Independence
- 1963–1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
- 1964–1974 Mozambican War of Independence
1962–1964 Tuareg rebellion
1963 Sand War
1963–1967 Shifta War
1963–1970 Bale revolt
1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
1964–1965 Simba rebellion
1964–1979 Rhodesian Bush War
1964 Zanzibar Revolution
1965–1979 First Chadian Civil War
1966–1989 South African Border War
1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War
1970–present Western Sahara conflict
- 1975–1991 Western Sahara War
1972–1974 First Eritrean Civil War
1973–2018 Oromo conflict
1974–1991 Ethiopian Civil War
1975–2002 Angolan Civil War
1975–present Cabinda War
1977–1992 Mozambican Civil War
1977 Libyan–Egyptian War
1977–1978 Ogaden War
1977 Shaba I
1978 Shaba II
1978–1979 Uganda–Tanzania War
1978–1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict
1980–1981 Second Eritrean Civil War
1980–1986 Ugandan Bush War
1981 Entumbane uprising
1981 Gambian coup d'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

General:

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Ahram, Ariel I. War and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (John Wiley & Sons, 2020).
Christman, Audrey Mona. Civil wars in Africa: Roots and resolution (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 1999).

Kalu, Kelechi A. ed. Civil Wars in Africa (2022) excerpt

Sidorova, Galina, and Eliza Lyubenova. "Contemporary Wars in Africa or 21st Century Competition for Power." Journal of Asian and African Studies (2020): 0021909620965609.
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Shoup, John A. (2011-10-31). Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 266. ISBN 9781598843620. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02. The kingdom was able to last until 1901, when the French conquered it as part of their conquest of the Niger River/Sahara region

[:3-2] [2]
Katagiri, Noriyuki (2015). Adapting to Win: How Insurgents Fight and Defeat Foreign States in War. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 197. ISBN 9780812246414. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

[3] [3]
"Britain Sokoto Conquest 1903". www.onwar.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

[:22-4] [4]
"COW War List". correlatesofwar.org. Correlates of War. Retrieved 6 September 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Henige, David (1979). History in Africa. African Studies Association. p. 54. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02. By the time Portuguese military expeditions reached Kasanje in 1910, intent on effective occupation and "pacification," only regional chieftains, some still claiming the kinguri title, remained to resist their advance. Portuguese military commanders seized and destroyed the regalia of the kinguri position in 1912, thereby ending the history of the state by burning the symbols in which had inhered the power of its kings.

[6] [6]
St John, Ronald Bruce (4 June 2014). Historical Dictionary of Libya. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 316. ISBN 9780810878761. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[7] [7]
Association, Cheke Cultural Writers (1994). The history and cultural life of the Mbunda speaking peoples. The Association. p. 101. ISBN 9789982030069. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

[:6-8] [8]
Abegaz, Berhanu (2018-06-09). A Tributary Model of State Formation: Ethiopia, 1600-2015. Springer. p. 48. ISBN 9783319757803. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

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Vos, Jelmer (2015). Kongo in the Age of Empire, 1860–1913: The Breakdown of a Moral Order. University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 350. ISBN 9780299306243. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2020-10-02.

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Ahmida, Ali Abdullatif (2002). The making of modern Libya. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. pp. 126–131. ISBN 978-1-4384-2891-8. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

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