This is alist 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.

• 264 BC – 146 BCPunic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BCJugurthine War
• 49 BC – 45 BCCaesar's civil war
• 533 – 534Vandalic War
• 533 – 548Byzantine–Moorish wars
• 622 – 750Early Muslim conquests
  • 629 – 1050sArab–Byzantine wars
    • 647 – 709Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 1299 – 1307Siege of Tlemcen (1299–1307)
• 1335 – 1337Siege of Tlemcen (1335–1337)
• 1492 – 1792Spanish–Ottoman wars
  • 1519Algiers expedition (1519)
  • 1526 – 1791Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1537 – 1540Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
  • 1541Algiers expedition (1541)
  • 1543Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543)
  • 1543Expedition to Mostaganem (1543)
  • 1555Capture of Béjaïa (1555)
  • 1556Siege of Oran (1556)
• 1526 – 1791Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1563Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir
• 1535Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535)
• 1550 – 1795Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco
• late 16th centuryRevolt of Sidi Yahia
• 1609 – 1628Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628)
• 1628Tunisian–Algerian War (1628)
• 1664Djidjelli expedition
• 1681 – 1688Franco–Algerian war (1681–1688)
• 1694Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)
• 1707 – 1708Siege of Oran (1707–1708)
• 1732Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)
• 1769 – 1772Danish–Algerian War
• 1775 – 1785Spanish–Algerian War (1775–1785)
  • 1775Invasion of Algiers (1775)
  • 1783Bombardment of Algiers (1783)
  • 1784Bombardment of Algiers (1784)
• 1785 – 1795American–Algerian War (1785–1795)
• 1790 – 1792Siege of Oran (1790–1792)
• 1801 – 1815Barbary Wars
  • 1815Second Barbary War
• 1807Tunisian–Algerian War (1807)
• 1811Action of 22 May 1811
• 1813Tunisian–Algerian War (1813)
• 1816Bombardment of Algiers (1816)
• 1830 – 1903French conquest of Algeria
  • 1830 – 1875Pacification of Algeria
  • 1871 – 1872Mokrani Revolt
• 18981898 Algerian riots
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943North African Campaign
      • 1942Operation Torch
    • 1940 – 1945Battle of the Mediterranean
• 1954 – 1962Algerian War
  • 1958May 1958 crisis
  • 1961Algiers putsch of 1961
• 1963 – 1964Sand War
• 1963 – 1964Socialist Forces Front rebellion in Algeria
• 19651965 Algerian coup d'état
• 19671967 Algerian coup attempt
• 1970 –presentWestern Sahara conflict
• 1991 – 2002Algerian Civil War
  • 19921992 Algerian coup d'état
• 2002 –ongoingInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 –ongoingOperation Juniper Shield

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

• c. 1206 – 1150 BCLate Bronze Age collapse
  • c. 1178 BC – 1175 BCBattle of the Nile Delta
• 525 BCFirst Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
• 499 BC – 449 BCGreco-Persian Wars
  • 477 BC – 449 BCWars of the Delian League
• 340 BC – 339 BCSecond Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
• 336 BC – 323 BCWars of Alexander the Great
• 133 BC – 44 BCCrisis of the Roman Republic
  • 49 BC – 45 BCCaesar's civil war
  • 32 BC – 30 BCWar of Actium

• 49 BC – 45 BCCaesar's civil war
• 115 – 117Diaspora Revolt
• 235 – 284Crisis of the Third Century
  • 270Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
• 602 – 628Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628
  • 618 – 621Sasanian conquest of Egypt

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

• 720 – 832Bashmurian revolts

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1918Sinai and Palestine campaign
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1916North African theatre of World War I
      • 1915 – 1917Senussi campaign
• 1918 – 19191919 Egyptian revolution

• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943North African Campaign
      • 1940 – 1943Western Desert campaign
    • 1940 – 1945Battle of the Mediterranean
  • 19421942 Abdeen Palace incident
• 1948 – 19491948 Arab–Israeli War
• 1952Battle of Ismailia (1952)
• 19521952 Egyptian revolution

• 1956Suez Crisis
• 1967Six-Day War
• 1973Yom Kippur War
• 1977Libyan–Egyptian War
• 1981 –presentTerrorism in Egypt
  • 2011 – 2023Sinai insurgency
  • 2013 –presentTerrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
• 19861986 Egyptian conscripts riot
• 20142014 Aswan tribal clashes

• 264 BC – 146 BCPunic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BCJugurthine War
• 429 – 442Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
• 461 – 468Vandal War (461–468)
• 533 – 534Vandalic War
• 647 – 709Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 761Abbasid conquest of Ifriqiya
• 1510Spanish conquest of Tripoli
• 1526 – 1791Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1551 – 1559Italian War of 1551–1559
• 1681 – 1685French–Tripolitania War
• 1699 – 1702Maghrebi war (1699–1702)
• 1705Siege of Tripoli (1705)
• 17111711 Karamanli coup
• 1728Bombardment of Tripoli (1728)
• 1790 – 1795Tripolitanian civil war
• 1797Action of 16 May 1797
• 1801 – 1805First Barbary War
• 1825Battle of Tripoli (1825)
• 1828Bombardment of Tripoli (1828)
• 1835 – 18581835-1858 revolt in Ottoman Tripolitania
• 1860 – 1890Barasa–Ubaidat War
• 1911 – 1932Libyan resistance movement
  • 1911 – 1912Italo-Turkish War
    • 1911Italian invasion of Libya
  • 1923 – 1932Second Italo-Senussi War
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1916Military operations in North Africa during World War I
      • 1915 – 1917Senussi campaign
• 1920 – 19221920–1922 Jabal al-Gharbi civil war
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943North African campaign
      • 1940 – 1943Western Desert Campaign
    • 1940 – 1945Battle of the Mediterranean
• 1957Battle of Essien (1957)
• 19691969 Libyan revolution
• 19691969 Libyan coup attempt
• 1970Black Prince conspiracy
• 1977Egyptian-Libyan War
• 1981Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)
• 1984Bab al-Azizia siege
• 1986Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986)
• 19861986 United States bombing of Libya
• 19891989 air battle near Tobruk
• 19931993 Libyan coup attempt
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
• 20082008 Kufra conflict
• 2011Libyan civil war (2011)
• 2011 – 2014Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014)
• 2014 – 2020Libyan civil war (2014–present)
• 20222022 Tripoli clashes
• 20232023 Tripoli clashes
• 20252025 Tripoli clashes

• 264 BC – 146 BCPunic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BCJugurthine War
• 429 – 442Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
• 533 – 534Vandalic War
• 647 – 709Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 718 – 1492Reconquista
• 739 – 743Berber Revolt
• 10331033 Fez massacre
• 1260Battle of Salé
• 1415 – 1769Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts
  • 1437Battle of Tangier (1437)
  • 1458Portuguese conquest of Ksar es-Seghir
  • 1463 – 1464Siege of Tangier (1463–1464)
  • 1468Anfa expedition (1468)
  • 1471Conquest of Asilah
  • 1471Portuguese conquest of Tangier
  • 1487Chaouia expedition
  • 1490Targa expedition (1490)
  • 1513Battle of Azemmour
  • 1514Battle of Tednest
  • 1514Battle of the Alcaides
  • 1515Raid of Marrakesh (1515)
  • 1515Battle of Mamora (1515)
  • 1516Portuguese expedition to Doukkala (1516)
  • 1533Siege of Agadir (1533)
  • 1541Fall of Agadir
  • 1562Siege of Mazagan (1562)
  • 1578Battle of Alcácer Quibir
  • 1640Mazagan Ambush
  • 1696Battle of Mamora (1696)
  • 1769Siege of Mazagan (1769)
• 14651465 Moroccan revolt
• 16th century – 19th centuryBarbary–Portuguese conflicts
• 1550 – 1795Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco
• 1565Blockade of the Tetuan River
• 1614Capture of La Mámora
• 1680Great Siege of Tangier
• 1681Siege of Mamora (1681)
• 1689Siege of Larache (1689)
• 1690 – 1691Siege of Asilah (1690–1691)
• 1765Larache expedition
• 1775 – 1777Dutch–Moroccan War (1775–1777)
• 1784Moroccan seizure of the Betsey
• 1844First Franco-Moroccan War
• 1851Bombardment of Salé (1851)
• 1856Battle of Tres Forcas
• 1859 – 1860Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60)
• 1893Tafilalt expedition
• 1893 – 1894First Melillan campaign
• 1905 – 1906Tangier Crisis
• 1907 – 1934French conquest of Morocco
• 1907 – 1908Hafidiya
  • 1908Battle of Marrakesh
• 1909Second Melillan campaign
• 1911Agadir Crisis
• 1911 – 1912Kert campaign
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1921Zaian War
• 1920 – 1926Rif War
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1943North African Campaign
• 1957 – 1958Ifni War
• 1958 – 1959Rif Revolt
• 1963 – 1964Sand War
• 1970 –presentWestern Sahara conflict
  • 1975 – 1991Western Sahara War
• 19711971 Moroccan coup attempt
• 19721972 Moroccan coup attempt
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 –presentOperation Juniper Shield

• c. 1506 BCEgyptian Invasion of Kerma
• 622 – 750Early Muslim conquests
  • 642First battle of Dongola
  • 652Second battle of Dongola
• 1820 – 1824Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824)
• 1873 – 1874Conquest of Darfur (1873–1874)
• 1881 – 1899Mahdist War
• 1908Wad Habuba Revolt
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1915 – 1916Military operations in North Africa during World War I
    • 1916Invasion of Darfur (1916)
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941East African campaign (World War II)
• 1955 – 1972First Sudanese Civil War
  • 19581958 Sudanese coup d'état
  • 19691969 Sudanese coup d'état
• 1983 – 2005Second Sudanese Civil War
  • 19851985 Sudanese coup d'état
  • 1987 – 1989War of the Tribes
  • 19891989 Sudanese coup d'état
• 1998Operation Infinite Reach
• 2003 – 2020War in Darfur
  • 20082008 Omdurman attack
• 2006Battle of Malakal
• 2008 –presentSudanese nomadic conflicts
  • 20092009 Sobat River ambush
  • 20102010 South Darfur clash
• 20092009 Sudan airstrikes
• 2011 – 2020Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
• 2012Heglig Crisis
• 2018 – 2019Sudanese Revolution
  • 20192019 Sudanese coup d'état
• 2021September 2021 Sudanese coup attempt
• 20212021 Sudanese coup d'état
• 2022 – 2023Blue Nile clashes (2022–2023)
• 20232023 Foro Baranga clashes
• 2023 –presentSudanese civil war (2023–present)

• 264 BC – 146 BCPunic Wars
  • 264 BC – 241 BCFirst Punic War
  • 240 BC – 238 BCMercenary War
  • 218 BC – 201 BCSecond Punic War
  • 149 BC – 146 BCThird Punic War

• 112 BC – 106 BCJugurthine War

• 83 BC – 82 BCSulla's civil war
• 49 BC – 45 BCCaesar's civil war
• 235 – 284Crisis of the Third Century
• 429 – 432Vandal conquest of Roman Africa
• 439Vandal War (439-442)
• 461 – 468Vandal War (461–468)

• 533 – 534Vandalic War

• 533 – 548Byzantine–Moorish wars

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

• 1087Mahdia campaign of 1087

• 1159 – 1160Almohad conquest of Ifriqiya

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

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

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

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

• 1961Bizerte crisis
• 1961Battle of marker 233
• 19801980 Gafsa Uprising
• 1985Operation Wooden Leg
• 19871987 Tunisian coup d'état
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2006 – 20072006–2007 Tunisia clashes
    • 2007Soliman shooting
  • 2012 – 2019Chaambi Operations
  • 2014Raoued Operation
• 2011First Libyan Civil War
• 2013Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun
• 2015 – 2024ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
• 20212021 Tunisian self-coup

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

• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918East African Campaign (World War I)
• 19651965 Burundian coup attempt
• 1966July 1966 Burundian coup d'état
• 1966November 1966 Burundian coup d'état
• 19761976 Burundian coup d'état
• 19871987 Burundian coup d'état
• 1993 – 2005Burundi Civil War
  • 19931993 Burundian coup attempt
  • 19961996 Burundian coup d'état
  • 20012001 Burundian coup attempt
• 2004 –presentKivu conflict
• 2015 – 2018Burundian unrest
  • 20152015 Burundian coup attempt

• 1803 – 1815Napoleonic Wars
  • 1809 – 1811Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
• 19781978 Comorian coup d'état
• 1995Operation Azalee
• 19991999 Comorian coup d'état
• 2008Invasion of Anjouan
• 20132013 Comorian coup attempt

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

• 1529 – 1543Ethiopian–Adal War
• 1557 – 1624Ottoman conquest of Habesh
• 1874 – 1876Egyptian–Ethiopian War
• 1881 – 1899Mahdist War
• 1894Battle of Halai
• 1895 – 1896First Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1935 – 1936Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941East African campaign (World War II)
• 1961 – 1991Eritrean War of Independence
  • 1972 – 1981Eritrean Civil Wars
    • 1972 – 1974First Eritrean Civil War
    • 1980 – 1981Second Eritrean Civil War
• 1995 – 2018Second Afar insurgency
• 1995Hanish Islands conflict
• 1998 – 2018Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
  • 1998 – 2000Eritrean–Ethiopian War
  • 20102010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish
  • 2016Battle of Tsorona
• 2008Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict
• 20132013 Eritrean Army mutiny
• 2018 –presentEthiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
  • 2020 – 2022Tigray War
    • 2020 – 2022Spillover of the Tigray war

• 1270Battle of Ansata

• 1314 – 1344Amda Seyon I's expansions
  • 1332Battle of Das
• 1410Battle of Zeila
• 1413Battle of Serjan
• 1413Battle of Zikr Amhara
• 1422Battle of Yedaya
• 1423Siege of Mukha
• 1445Battle of Gomit
• 16th century – 17th centuryOromo expansion
• 1520 – 1526Adalite Civil War
• 1529 – 1543Ethiopian–Adal War
• 1538 – 1560Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)
• 1563Battle of Endagabatan
• 1569Battle of Hadiya (1569)
• 1576Battle of Webi River
• 1769 – 1855Zemene Mesafint
  • 1771Three battles of Sarbakusa
  • 1788Battle of Madab
  • 1831Battle of Debre Abbay
  • 1839Battle of Konzoula
  • 1842Battle of Debre Tabor
  • 1852Battle of Gur Amba
  • 1853Battle of Takusa
  • 1853Battle of Ayshal
  • 1854Battle of Amba Jebelli
  • 1855Battle of Derasge
• 1782Battle of Wuchale
• 1832 – 1848Ethiopian–Ottoman border conflict
• 1867 – 1868British Expedition to Abyssinia
• 1871Battle of the Assem
• 1874 – 1876Egyptian–Ethiopian War
• 1874 – 1885Egyptian Invasion of Harar
• 1878 – 1904Menelik II's conquests
• 1881 – 1899Mahdist War
• 1895 – 1896First Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1896 – 1920Somaliland campaign
• 1916Battle of Segale
• 19281928 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt
• 1929 – 1930Gugsa Wale's rebellion
• 1935 – 1937Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• 1939Arbegnoch rebellion of 1939
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941East African campaign (World War II)
    • 1941 – 1943Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia
• 1943Woyane rebellion
• 1948 –presentEthiopian–Somali conflict
  • 1963 – 1970Bale revolt
  • 1963 – 19651963–1965 Ogaden rebellion
  • 19641964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• 19601960 Ethiopian coup attempt
• 1973 –presentOromo conflict
• 1974Ethiopian Revolution
• 1974 – 1991Ethiopian Civil War
  • 19741974 Ethiopian coup d'état

• 1948 –presentEthiopian–Somali conflict
  • 1977 – 1978Ogaden War
  • 19821982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• 1974 – 1991Ethiopian Civil War
• 1981 – 1991Somaliland War of Independence

• 1973 –presentOromo conflict
• 1985 – 2023Gambela conflict
• 1991 –presentSomali Civil War
  • 2009 –presentSomali Civil War (2009–present)
    • 20222022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
• 1992 – 2018Insurgency in Ogaden
• 1994 –presentEthnic violence in Konso
• 1994 –presentEthnic violence against Amaro Koore
• 1995 – 2018Gedeo-Guji clashes
• 1998 – 2018Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
  • 1998 – 2000Eritrean–Ethiopian War
  • 20102010 Eritrean–Ethiopian border skirmish
  • 2016Battle of Tsorona
• 2002 –presentOperation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
• 20052005 Ethiopian general election violence
• 2012Moyale clashes
• 2016 – 2018Oromo–Somali clashes
• 2018 –presentEthiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
  • 2018 –presentOLA insurgency
  • 2019Amhara Region coup attempt
  • 2019 – 2022Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
  • 2020 – 2024Afar–Somali clashes
  • 2020 – 2022Tigray War
  • 2020 – 2022Al-Fashaga conflict
  • 2023 –presentFano insurgency

• 1883 – 1895Franco-Hova Wars
  • 1883 – 1885First Madagascar expedition
  • 1894 – 1895Second Madagascar expedition
• 1895 – 1897Menalamba rebellion
• 1904 – 19051904–1905 uprising in Madagascar
• 1915 – 1917Sadiavahy Rebellion
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Indian Ocean campaign
    • 1942Battle of Madagascar
• 1947 – 1949Malagasy Uprising
• 20062006 Malagasy coup attempt
  • 20092009 Malagasy political crisis
• 20092009 Camp Capsat mutiny
• 20102010 Madagascar coup attempt
• 20252025 Malagasy coup d'état

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

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

• 16th century – 20th centuryZimbabwean–Portuguese conflicts
• 1847 – 1910Angoche–Portuguese conflicts (1847–1910)
• 1895Battle of Marracuene
• 1895Battle of Coolela
• 1897Second Battle of Macontene
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918East African campaign (World War I)
  • 1917 – 1918Barue uprising
• 1964 – 1974Mozambican War of Independence
• 1964 – 1979Rhodesian Bush War
• 1977 – 1992Mozambican Civil War
• 2013 – 2021RENAMO insurgency (2013–2021)
• 2017 –ongoingInsurgency in Cabo Delgado

• 1500 – 1509Portuguese conquest of the East African coast
  • 1505Battle of Mombasa (1505)
• 1528Battle of Mombasa (1528)
• 1586 – 1589Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589)
  • 1589Battle of Mombasa (1589)
• 1696 – 1698Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)
• 1813Battle of Shela
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
    • 1940 – 1941East African Campaign (World War II)
• 1952 – 1960Mau Mau Uprising
• 1963 –presentSomali–Kenyan conflict
  • 1963 – 1967Shifta War
• 19821982 Kenyan coup attempt
• 1987 – 1990Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
• 1998 –presentTerrorism in Kenya
  • 2013Westgate shopping mall attack
  • 2019Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
• 2005 – 2008Mount Elgon insurgency
• 2007 – 20082007–2008 Kenyan crisis
• 2009 –presentSomali Civil War (2009–present)
• 2012 – 20132012–2013 Tana River District clashes
• 2012Baragoi clashes

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

• 1896Battle of Shangi
• 1912Ndungutse's rebellion
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1959 – 1961Rwandan Revolution
• 1961Coup of Gitarama
• 1963Bugesera invasion
• 19731973 Rwandan coup d'état
• 1990 – 1994Rwandan Civil War
• 2004 –presentKivu conflict
  • 2022 – 2025Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict (2022–present)
• 20122012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash

• 1798 – 1802War of the Second Coalition
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940 – 1945Indian Ocean campaign
• 19771977 Seychelles coup d'état
• 19811981 Seychelles coup attempt

• 766 – 837Abbasid expeditions to East Africa

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

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

• 1874 – 1885Egyptian invasion of Harar

• 1896 – 1920Somaliland campaign
• 19221922 Burao tax revolt
• 19451945 Sheikh Bashir rebellion

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

• 19611961 revolt in Somalia
• 19541964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
• 19691969 Somali coup d'état

• 1977 – 1978Ogaden War
  • 1977Somali invasion of Ogaden
• 19781978 Somali coup attempt
• 1978 – 1991Somali Rebellion
  • 1978 – 1982Afraad Rebellion
  • 1981 – 1991Somaliland War of Independence
• 19821982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War

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

• 1881 – 1899Mahdist War
• 1898Fashoda Incident
• 1955 – 1972First Sudanese Civil War
• 1960 – 1965Congo Crisis
  • 1963 – 1965Simba rebellion
• 1983 – 2005Second Sudanese Civil War
• 1987 –presentLord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996 – 1997First Congo War
• 2005 – 2006Disarmament of the Lou Nuer
• 2006Battle of Malakal
• 2008 –presentSudanese nomadic conflicts
• 2010 – 2011George Athor's rebellion
• 2008 –presentSudanese nomadic conflicts
  • 20092009 Sobat River ambush
  • 2011 –presentEthnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)
• 2011 – 2020Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
• 2012Heglig Crisis
• 2013 – 2020South Sudanese Civil War
• 2022 –presentAbyei border conflict (2022–present)
• 20252025 Nasir clashes

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

• 1881 – 1899Mahdist War
• 1892Battle of Kampala Hill
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918East African Campaign (World War I)
• 1960 – 1965Congo Crisis
  • 1963 – 1965Simba rebellion
• 1966Mengo Crisis
• 19711971 Ugandan coup d'état
• 19721972 invasion of Uganda
• 1974Arube uprising
• 1976Operation Entebbe
• 1977Operation Mafuta Mingi
• 19771977 invasion of Uganda
• 1978 – 1979Uganda-Tanzania War
• 1980 – 1986Ugandan Bush War
• 1986 – 1994War in Uganda (1986-1994)
• 1987 – 1990Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
• 1987 –presentLord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996 –presentAllied Democratic Forces insurgency
• 1996 – 2002UNRF II insurgency
• 2016Kasese clashes

• 1964 – 1979Rhodesian Bush War
• 1966 – 1990South African Border War
• 19901990 Zambian coup attempt
• 19971997 Zambian coup attempt

• 16th century – 20th centuryZimbabwean–Portuguese conflicts
• 1893 – 1894First Matabele War
• 1896 – 1897Second Matabele War
• 19801980 Entumbane clashes
• 19811981 Entumbane uprising
• 20172017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

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

• 1804 – 1808Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1916Kamerun campaign
• 1939 – 1945World War II
• 1955 – 1964Cameroon War
• 1981 –presentBakassi conflict
  • 1981 – 2005Nigerian-Cameroonian conflict over Bakassi
  • 2006 – 2018First Bakassi insurgency
  • 2021 –presentPro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi
• 19841984 Cameroonian coup attempt
• 2007 –presentOperation Juniper Shield
• 2009 –presentBoko Haram insurgency
• 2017 –presentAnglophone Crisis

• 1900Battle of Kousséri
• 1928 – 1931Kongo-Wara rebellion
• 1965 – 1966Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état
• 19791979 Central African coup d'état
• 1979 – 1981Operation Barracuda
• 19811981 Central African Republic coup d'état
• 19821982 Central African Republic coup attempt
• 1987 –presentLord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 20012001 Central African Republic coup attempt
• 20022002 Central African Republic coup attempt
• 20032003 Central African Republic coup d'état
• 2004 – 2007Central African Republic Bush War
• 2012 –presentCentral African Republic Civil War (2012–present)
  • 2013 – 2014Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration

• 1898 – 1900Voulet–Chanoine Mission
• 1899Battle of Kouno
• 1899Battle of Togbao
• 1909 – 1911Ouaddai War
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1916Kamerun campaign
• 1965 – 1979Chadian Civil War (1965–1979)
• 1978 – 1987Chadian–Libyan conflict
  • 1986 – 1987Toyota War
• 1983Chadian–Nigerian War
• 19901990 Chadian coup d'état
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 –presentOperation Juniper Shield
• 20042004 Chadian coup attempt
• 2005 – 2010Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)
• 20042004 Chadian coup attempt
• 20062006 Chadian coup attempt
• 2009 –presentBoko Haram insurgency
  • 20152015 West African offensive
  • 2018 – 2020Chad Basin campaign (2018–2020)
• 20132013 Chadian coup attempt
• 2016 –presentInsurgency in Chad (2016–present)
  • 20212021 Northern Chad offensive

• 1665 – 1709Kongo Civil War
• 19661966 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 19681968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état
• 19721972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 19871987 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 1993 – 1994Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–94)
• 1997 – 1999Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
• 2002 – 20032002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department
• 2016 – 2017Pool War

• 1622 –Kongo-Portuguese War
• 1665 – 1709Kongo Civil War
• 1891 − 1892Stairs Expedition to Katanga
• 1892 – 1894Congo–Arab war
• 1895 – 1908Batetela rebellion
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1918East African campaign (World War I)
• 1931Pende revolt
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1944Masisi-Lubutu revolt
• 1960 – 1965Congo Crisis
  • 1963 – 1965Kwilu rebellion
  • 1963 – 1965Simba Rebellion
  • 1963 – 1966Kanyarwanda War
• 1963 –presentKatanga insurgency
• 1966 – 1967Stanleyville mutinies
• 1977Shaba I
• 1978Shaba II
• 1987 —presentLord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996 —presentAllied Democratic Forces insurgency
• 1996 – 1997First Congo War
• 1998 – 2003Second Congo War
  • 2000Six-Day War (2000)
• 1999 –presentIturi conflict
• 2004 –presentKivu conflict
  • 2012 – 2013M23 rebellion (2012–2013)
  • 2022 –presentM23 offensive (2022–present)
  • 2022 – 2025Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict (2022–present)
• 20042004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 2009Dongo conflict
• 20112011 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt
• 20122012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash
• 2013 – 2018Batwa-Luba clashes
• 2013December 2013 Kinshasa attacks
• 2016 – 2019Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
• 20222022 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état allegations
• 2022 –presentWestern DR Congo clashes
• 20242024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt

• 1936 – 1939Spanish Civil War
• 19791979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
• 20042004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt
• 20172017 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt

• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1916Kamerun campaign
• 1939 – 1945World War II
  • 1940Battle of Gabon
• 19641964 Gabonese coup d'état
• 20192019 Gabonese coup attempt
• 20232023 Gabonese coup d'état

• 1953Batepá Massacre
• 19881988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
• 19951995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
• 20032003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt
• 20222022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt

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

• 1899 – 1902Second Boer War

• 1852Battle of Berea
• 1858 − 1868Free State–Basotho Wars
• 1880 – 1881Basotho Gun War
• 1899 – 1902Second Boer War
• 19701970 Lesotho coup d'état
• 1974 – 1990BCP Insurgency
• 19861986 Lesotho coup d'état
• 19911991 Lesotho coup d'état
• 19941994 Lesotho coup d'état
• 1998South African intervention in Lesotho
• 20142014 Lesotho political crisis

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

• 1510Battle of Salt River
• 1659 – 1677Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars
• 1779 – 1879Xhosa Wars
• 1792 – 1802French Revolutionary Wars
  • 1792 – 1797War of the First Coalition
    • 1793 – 1801East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
• 1803 – 1815Napoleonic Wars
  • 1805 – 1806War of the Third Coalition
• 1815 – 1840Mfecane
  • 1817 – 1819Ndwandwe–Zulu War
  • 1820Battle of Mhlatuze River
• 1815Slachter's Nek Rebellion
• 1830s – 1840sGreat Trek
  • 1836Battle of Vegkop
  • 1838Piet Retief Delegation massacre
  • 1838Weenen massacre
  • 1838Battle of Italeni
  • 1838Battle of Blood River
  • 1840Battle of Maqongqo
  • 1842Battle of Congella
  • 1848Battle of Boomplaats
• 1862 – 1864Transvaal Civil War
• 1879Anglo-Zulu War
• 1880 – 1881First Boer War
• 1894Malaboch War
• 1895 – 1896Jameson Raid
• 1899 – 1902Second Boer War
• 1906Bambatha Rebellion
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914 – 1915South West Africa campaign
      • 1914 – 1915Maritz Rebellion
• 1921 – 1922Rand Rebellion
• 1939 – 1945World War II
• 1948 – 1994Internal resistance to apartheid
  • 1950Witzieshoek revolt
  • 1986 – 1987Ciskei–Transkei conflict
  • 19871987 Transkei coup d'état
  • 19901990 Ciskei coup d'état
  • 19901990 Venda coup d'état
  • 1991Battle of Ventersdorp
  • 19941994 Bophuthatswana crisis
• 1966 – 1990South African Border War

• 1890First Franco-Dahomean War
• 1892 – 1894Second Franco-Dahomean War
• 19631963 Dahomeyan coup d'état
• 19721972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
• 19771977 Benin coup attempt
• 2011 –presentWar in the Sahel
  • 2012 –presentMali War
    • 2015 – presentIslamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
      • 2018 –presentFulani-Mossi conflict
  • 2021 –presentJihadist insurgency in Northern Benin

• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1915 – 1916North African theatre of World War I
      • 1915 – 1917Volta-Bani War
• 19661966 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 19741974 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 19801980 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 19821982 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 19831983 Upper Voltan coup attempt
• 19831983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
• 1985Agacher Strip War
• 19871987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
• 19891989 Burkina Faso coup attempt
• 2007 –presentOperation Juniper Shield
  • 2011 –presentIslamist insurgency in the Sahel
    • 2012 –presentMali War
      • 2014 – 2022Operation Barkhane
      • 2015 –presentJihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
        • 2018 –presentFulani-Mossi conflict
    • 2019 – presentJNIM-ISGS war
• 20152015 Burkina Faso coup attempt
• 20162016 Burkina Faso coup attempt
• 2022January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
• 2022September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
• 20232023 Burkina Faso coup attempt

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

• 1819 – 1861African Slave Trade Patrol
  • 1842Mary Carver Affair
  • 1842Ivory Coast expedition
• 1883 – 1898Mandingo Wars
• 1999 – 2003Second Liberian Civil War
• 19991999 Ivorian coup d'état
• 20012001 Ivorian coup attempt
• 2002 – 2007First Ivorian Civil War
  • 20042004 French–Ivorian clashes
• 2010 – 2011Second Ivorian Civil War
• 2011 –presentIslamist insurgency in the Sahel
• 20122012 Ivorian coup attempt
• 20172017 Ivory Coast mutinies

• 1830 – 1887Soninke-Marabout Wars
  • 1850 – 1856Soninke-Marabout War (Kombo)
• 1831 – 1832Barra War
• 19811981 Gambian coup attempt
• 19941994 Gambian coup d'état
• 20142014 Gambian coup attempt
• 2016 – 20172016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
• 2017 –presentECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
• 20222022 Gambian coup attempt

• 1598 – 1663Dutch–Portuguese War
• 1652 – 1784Anglo-Dutch Wars
  • 1661 – 1665Dano-Dutch colonial conflict on the Gold Coast
  • 1664 – 1665De Ruyter's expedition to West Africa
  • 1780 – 1784Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
    • 1781Shirley's Gold Coast expedition
• 1678Assault on Osu
• 1694 – 1700Komenda Wars
• 1701Battle of Feyiase
• 1784Sagbadre War
• 1806 – 1807Ashanti–Fante War
• 1811Ga–Fante War
• 1814 – 1816Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War
• 1823 – 1900Anglo-Ashanti wars
  • 1826Katamanso War
  • 1900War of the Golden Stool
• 1837 – 1839Dutch–Ahanta War
• 1869 – 1870Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–1870
• 18921892 Sack of Salaga
• 1896Battle of Adibo
• 1897Battle of Kanjaga
• 1901Kumasi Mutiny of 1901
• 1957 –presentBawku conflict
• 19661966 Ghanaian coup d'état
• 1967Operation Guitar Boy
• 1979June 4th revolution in Ghana
• 19811981 Ghanaian coup d'état
• 1994 – 2015Konkomba–Nanumba conflict
• 20022002 Dagbon chieftaincy crisis
• 2019 –presentGonja-Mamprusi conflict
• 2020 –presentWestern Togoland Rebellion

• 1803 – 1815Napoleonic Wars
  • 1813Action of 7 February 1813
• 1960Operation Persil
• 1963 – 1974Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• 19841984 Guinean coup d'état
• 19961996 Guinean coup attempt
• 1999 – 2003Second Liberian Civil War
  • 2000 – 2001RFDG Insurgency
• 20082008 Guinean military unrest
• 20132013 Guinea clashes
• 20212021 Guinean coup d'état

• 1961 – 1974Portuguese Colonial War
  • 1963 – 1974Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• 19801980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
• 19981998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
• 1998 – 1999Guinea-Bissau Civil War
• 20032003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
• 20102010 Guinea-Bissau military unrest
• 20112011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
• 20122012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
• 20222022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
• 20232023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt

• 1835Port Cresson massacre
• 18711871 Liberian coup d'état
• 1875 – 1876Liberian–Grebo War
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
• 19801980 Liberian coup d'état
• 19851985 Liberian coup attempt
• 19941994 Liberian coup attempt
• 1989 – 1996First Liberian Civil War
• 19981998 Monrovia clashes
• 1999 – 2003Second Liberian Civil War

• 1235Battle of Kirina
• 1590 – 1599Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire
  • 1591Battle of Tondibi
• 1599Battle of Jenné
• 1857Siege of Medina Fort
• 1861Battle of Segou
• 1862Battle of Cayawal
• 1883 – 1886Mandingo Wars
• 1891First Battle of Jenné
• 1893Second Battle of Jenné
• 1962 – 1964Tuareg rebellion (1962–64)
• 19681968 Malian coup d'état
• 1985Agacher Strip War
• 1990 – 1995Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)
• 19911991 Malian coup d'état
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 –presentOperation Juniper Shield
  • 2011 – presentIslamist insurgency in the Sahel
    • 2012 –presentMali War
      • 20122012 Tuareg rebellion
      • 20122012 Malian coup d'état
      • 20122012 Malian counter-coup attempt
      • 2013 – 2014Operation Serval
      • 2013Chadian intervention in northern Mali
      • 2014 – 2022Operation Barkhane
      • 2019 – presentJNIM-ISGS war
      • 20202020 Malian coup d'état
      • 20212021 Malian coup d'état
• 20062006 Tuareg rebellion
• 2007 – 2009Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009)

• 740 – 743Berber Revolt
• 1056Battle of Tabfarilla
• 1970 –presentWestern Sahara conflict
  • 1975 – 1991Western Sahara War
• 19781978 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 19791979 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 19801980 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 19811981 Mauritanian coup attempt
• 19841984 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 1989 – 1991Mauritania–Senegal Border War
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2011 – presentWar in the Sahel
    • 2014 — 2022Operation Barkhane
• 20032003 Mauritanian coup attempt
• 20052005 Mauritanian coup d'état
• 20082008 Mauritanian coup d'état

• 1516 – 1517Songhai Civil War
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1916 – 1917Kaocen Revolt
• 19741974 Nigerien coup d'état
• 1990 – 1995Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)
• 19961996 Nigerien coup d'état
• 19991999 Nigerien coup d'état
• 2002 –presentInsurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • 2007 –presentOperation Juniper Shield
    • 2007 – 2009Tuareg rebellion (2007–09)
  • 2009 –presentBoko Haram insurgency
  • 2011 –presentIslamist insurgency in the Sahel
    • 2012 – presentMali War
      • 2014 — 2022Operation Barkhane
      • 2015 –presentJihadist insurgency in Niger
    • 2015 –presentJihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
      • 2018 –presentFulani-Mossi conflict
    • 2019 – presentJNIM-ISGS war
• 20102010 Nigerien coup d'état
• 20112011 Nigerien coup attempt
• 20212021 Nigerien coup attempt
• 20232023 Nigerien coup d'état
• 2023 – 2024Nigerien crisis (2023–2024)

• 1789 – 1893Yoruba Wars
  • 1800sMugbamugba War
  • 1835 – 1849Ife-Modakeke conflict
  • 1877 – 1893Kiriji War
• 1804 – 1808Fulani War
• 1835 – 1836Fula jihads
• 1897Benin Expedition of 1897
• 1901 – 1902Anglo-Aro War
• 1915Bussa rebellion
• 1918Adubi War
• 19661966 Nigerian coup d'état
• 19661966 Nigerian counter-coup
• 1967 – 1970Nigerian Civil War
• 1968 – 1969Agbekoya
• 19751975 Nigerian coup d'état
• 19761976 Nigerian coup attempt
• 1983Chadian–Nigerian War
• 19831983 Nigerian coup d'état
• 19851985 Nigerian coup d'état
• 19901990 Nigerian coup attempt
• 19931993 Nigerian coup d'état
• 1997 – 2003Warri Crisis
• 1998 –presentCommunal conflicts in Nigeria
  • 1953 –presentReligious violence in Nigeria
  • 1998 –presentHerder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
    • 2011 –presentNigerian bandit conflict
• 2003 –presentConflict in the Niger Delta
  • 2016 –present2016 Niger Delta conflict
  • 2021 –presentInsurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
• 2007 –ongoingOperation Juniper Shield
  • 2009 –presentBoko Haram insurgency
    • 20092009 Boko Haram uprising
  • 2011 –presentIslamist insurgency in the Sahel
• 20142014 Enugu Government House attack
• 20142014 Enugu State Broadcasting Service attack
• 2024Oyo State coup attempt

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

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

• 19671967 Sierra Leonean coups d'état
• 1968Sergeant's Coup
• 1982Ndogboyosoi War
• 1991 – 2002Sierra Leone Civil War
  • 19921992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état
• 20232023 Sierra Leone coup attempt

• 1764Battle of Atakpamé
• 1914 – 1918World War I
  • 1914 – 1918African theatre of World War I
    • 1914Togoland campaign
• 19631963 Togolese coup d'état
• 19671967 Togolese coup d'état
• 19861986 Togolese coup attempt
• 20052005 Togolese coup d'état

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