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 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.
1803—07 Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
1881—99 Mahdist War
June 11, 1940 — February 4, 1943: Western Desert Campaign, part of World War II
October 29 — November 7, 1956 Suez Crisis
June 5, 1967 — June 10, 1967 Six Day War
July 1, 1967 — August 7, 1970 War of Attrition
October 6, 1973 — October 25, 1973 Yom Kippur War
July 21, 1977 — July 24, 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War
January 25, 2011 — ongoing 2011 Egyptian Revolution and Aftermath
January 25, 2011 — February 11, 2011 Egyptian Revolution
February 23, 2011 — ongoing Sinai insurgency
November 22, 2012 — July 3, 2013 Egyptian protests
June 28, 2013 - July 3, 2013 June 2013 Egyptian protests
July 3, 2013 — ongoing Political violence in Egypt
c. 1279 BC — 1213 BC Ramesses II's campaigns in Nubia
23 BC The Roman prefect of Egypt invaded the Kingdom of Kush after an initial attack by the queen of Meröe, razing Napata to the ground
1881–99 The Mahdist War
September 1, 1939 — September 2, 1945 World War II
August 18, 1955 — March 27, 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
April 1983 — January 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War
1987 — ongoing Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
2003 — ongoing War in Darfur
December 18, 2005 — January 15, 2010 Chad-Sudan conflict
May 26, 2009 — ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts
January 7, 2011 — ongoing Ethnic violence in South Sudan
May 19, 2011 — ongoing Sudan–SRF conflict
March 26, 2012 — September 26, 2012 Sudan–South Sudan Border War
December 15, 2013 - ongoing South Sudanese Civil War
c. 1279 BC — 1213 BC Ramesses II's Campaigns in Libya
264 BC — 146 BC Punic Wars
112 BC — 106 BC Jugurthine War
420s CE 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
Ottoman–Habsburg wars
1551 Siege of Tripoli
1793 — 1795 Tripolitanian civil war
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
1977 Libyan-Egyptian War
1978–87 Chadian-Libyan conflict
2011 Libyan Civil War
2011 – ongoing Post-civil war violence in Libya
2014 – ongoing Second Libyan Civil War
164 BCE — 146 BCE Punic Wars
Battle of Carthage (c. 149 BC)
112 BCE — 106 BCE Jugurthine War
238 CE Battle of Carthage
420s Vandals conquer the Roman province
June 533 — March 534 Vandalic War
535 — 563 The Moorish Wars
629—1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
647 — 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
June 1801 — April 1804 Tunisian-Sicilian War
17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943 Tunisia Campaign (World War II)
July 1961 Bizerte crisis
April 11, 2002 — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
December 18, 2010 — January 14, 2011 Tunisian revolution
June 26, 2015 - ongoing ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
264 BCE — 146 BCE Punic Wars
112 BCE — 106 BCE Jugurthine War
420s CE 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
1517 Fall of Tlemcen
1529 Capture of Algiers
September 14, 1769 — May 16, 1772 Dano-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
November 1, 1954 — March 19, 1962 CE Algerian War
October 1963 Sand War
1970 - ongoing Western Sahara conflict
December 26, 1991 — February 2002 Algerian Civil War
April 11, 2002 — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
264 BCE — 146 BCE Punic Wars
112 BCE — 106 BCE Jugurthine War
420s CE Vandals conquer the Roman province
June 533 CE — March 534 CE Vandalic War
544 CE Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic
647 CE — 709 CE Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
739 CE — 743 CE Berber Revolt
1130 CE — 1147 CE Almoravid—Almohad War
1215 CE — 1269 CE Almohad—Marinid War
1125 CE — 1269 CE Almohad—Marinid War
1299 CE — 1370 CE Morocco—Tlemcen conflict
1415 CE — 1578 CE Moroccan—Portuguese conflict
1465 CE Moroccan Revolt
1527 CE — 1554 CE Wattassid—Saadian War
September 1497 CE Conquest of Melilla
1603 CE — 1627 CE War of Succession
1554 CE — 1830 CE Moroccan—Turkish border conflict
1577 CE A Moroccan expedition occupied Taghaza
1582 CE A first expedition to Timbuktu was defeated
1591 CE A Moroccan expeditionary force defeated the Songhay army at Tondibi and conquered Gao, Timbuktu and Djenné
1554 CE — 1830 CE Moroccan—Turkish border conflict
1613 CE — 1666 CE Civil War
1844 CE First Franco—Moroccan War
1859 CE Spanish—Moroccan War
1893 CE Rif War
1909 CE Rif War
1911 CE — 1912 CE Second Franco—Moroccan War
1920 CE — 1926 CE Rif War
1914 CE — 1921 CE Zaian War
1942 CE North African Campaign
1957 CE — 1958 CE Ifni War
1963 CE Sand War
1970 CE - ongoing Western Sahara conflict
1975 CE — 1991 CE Western Sahara War
April 11, 2002 CE — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
c. 1700 BCE Invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Kingdom of Kush and the Land of Punt
1529 CE — 1543 CE Ethiopian-Adal War
1900 CE — 1920 CE Somaliland Campaign
June 10, 1940 CE — November 27, 1941 CE East African Campaign (World War II)
August 3, 1940 CE — August 19, 1940 CE Italian conquest of British Somaliland
July 13, 1977 CE — March 15, 1978 CE Ethio-Somali War
1986 CE — 1991 CE Somali Rebellion
January 26, 1991 CE — ongoing Somali Civil War
1995 CE — 2008 CE Insurgency in Ogaden
c. 1285 CE Ifat's conquest of shewa
1529 CE — 1543 CE Ethiopian-Adal War
March 1529 CE Battle of Shimbra Kure
1531 CE Battle of Antukyah
October 28, 1531 CE Battle of Amba Sel
April 24, 1541 CE Battle of Sahart
February 2, 1542 CE Battle of Baçente
April 4, 1542 CE — April 16, 1542 CE Battle of Jarte
August 1542 CE Battle of the Hill of the Jews
August 28, 1542 CE Battle of Wofla
February 21, 1543 CE Battle of Wayna Daga
1895 CE — 1896 CE First Italo-Ethiopia War
March 1, 1896 CE Battle of Adwa
December 7, 1895 CE Battle of Amba Alagi
January 13, 1895 CE Battle of Coatit
October 3, 1935 CE — May 1936 CE Second Italo-Abyssinian War
June 10, 1940 CE — November 27, 1941 CE East African Campaign
July 13, 1977 CE — March 15, 1978 CE Ethio-Somali War
September 1, 1961 CE — May 29, 1991 CE Eritrean War of Independence
November 1991 CE — December 1994 CE Djiboutian Civil War
June 10, 2008 CE — June 13, 2008 CE Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict
1895 CE — 1896 CE First Italo-Ethiopia War
October 3, 1935 CE — May 1936 CE Second Italo-Abyssinian War
June 10, 1940 CE — November 27, 1941 CE East African Campaign (World War II)
February 1972 CE — March 1981 CE Eritrean Civil Wars
September 1, 1961 CE — May 29, 1991 CE Eritrean War of Independence
List of massacres committed during the Eritrean War of Independence
December 15, 1995 CE — December 17, 1995 CE Hanish Islands conflict
May 6, 1998 CE — May 25, 2000 CE Eritrean-Ethiopian War
June 10, 2008 CE — June 13, 2008 CE Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict
January 1, 2010 CE Eritrean-Ethiopian border skirmish
1883 CE — 1885 CE First Madagascar expedition
1894 CE — 1895 CE Second Madagascar expedition
1942 CE Battle of Madagascar (World War II)
1947 CE — 1948 CE Madagascar revolt
March 25, 2008 CE — March 26, 2008 CE Invasion of Anjouan
August 20, 1810 CE — August 27, 1810 CE Battle of Grand Port
Rwanda
October 1, 1990 CE — July 18, 1994 CE Rwandan Civil War
April 7, 1994 CE — July 15, 1994 CE Rwandan Genocide
1972 CE Burundi genocide
October 21, 1993 CE — August 2005 CE Burundi Civil War
December 28, 2000 CE Titanic Express Massacre
September 9, 2002 CE Itaba Massacre
August 13, 2004 CE Gatumba Massacre
April 26, 2015 — Ongoing Burundian unrest
Uganda
January 25, 1971 CE 1971 Ugandan coup d'état
July 4, 1976 CE Operation Entebbe
October 30, 1978 CE — April 11, 1979 CE Uganda-Tanzania War
April 11, 1979 CE Fall of Kampala
1980 CE — 1985 CE Uganda National Rescue Front
1982 CE — 1986 CE Ugandan Civil War
1986 CE — 1988 CE Uganda People's Democratic Army
1986 CE — 1987 CE Holy Spirit Movement
1987 CE — ongoing Lord's Resistance Army
1996 CE Allied Democratic Forces
1996 CE — 2002 CE Uganda National Rescue Front II
August 3, 1914 CE — November 1918 CE East African Campaign (World War I)
June 10, 1940 CE — November 27, 1941 CE East African Campaign (World War II)
1952 CE — 1960 CE Mau Mau Uprising
1963 CE — 1967 CE Shifta War
1980 CE Garissa Massacre
February 10, 1984 CE Wagalla massacre
2005 CE Turbi Village Massacre
2007 CE — 2008 CE Kenyan crisis
1974 CE — 1978 CE Gombe Chimpanzee War
1978 CE — 1979 CE Uganda-Tanzania War
1724 CE — 1727 CE Abomey (Dahomey) conquests
1726 CE — 1730 CE First Oyo-Dahomey War
1738 CE — 1748 CE Second Oyo-Dahomey War
1764 CE Second Ashanti-Akim War
1768 CE Yoruba-Ashanti War
1889 CE — 1894 CE France conquers Dahomey
1985 CE Agacher Strip War
1804 CE — 1808 CE Fulani War
1835 CE — 1836 CE Fula jihads
July 28, 1914 CE — November 11, 1918 CE World War I
September 1, 1939 CE — September 2, 1945 CE World War II
March 2014--Ongoing---Boko Haram insurgency
November 2016 --Ongoing---West Cameroon-marginalization motivated strike
1883 CE — 1898 CE Mandingo Wars
September 19, 2002 CE — March 4, 2007 CE First Ivorian Civil War
28 November 2010 – 11 April 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War
September 1, 1939 CE — September 2, 1945 CE World War II
1620 CE — 1654 CE Dutch–Portuguese War
1664 CE — 1665 CE Anglo-Dutch Wars
1823 CE — 1831 CE Anglo-Ashanti wars
1900 CE War of the Golden Stool
1948 CE Accra Riots
2013 CE Guinea clashes
1962 CE — 1974 CE Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
1997 CE — 1999 CE Guinea-Bissau Civil War
1989 CE — 1996 CE First Liberian Civil War
1999 CE — 2003 CE Second Liberian Civil War
647 CE — 709 CE Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
1075 CE Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire
c. 1230 CE — 1250 CE Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
1400 CE The Sandaki usurpation and second Mossi raid
1433 CE The Tuareg invasion
c. 1460s CE Songhai conquered Mema
1810 CE — 1818 CE Mopti Jihad
1848 CE — 1864 CE Initial conquests of El Hadj Umar Tall Jihad
1883 CE — 1886 CE Mandingo Wars
1962 CE — 1964 CE First Tuareg rebellion
1985 CE Agacher Strip War
1990 CE — 1995 CE Azawad insurgency and Malian civil war
April 11, 2002 CE — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
2007 CE — 2009 CE Second Tuareg rebellion
2012 CE — Third Tuareg Rebellion
2012 CE — ongoing Northern Mali conflict
1970 CE - ongoing Western Sahara conflict
April 11, 2002 CE — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
1516 CE — 1517 CE Songhai Civil War
1916 CE — 1917 CE Kaocen Revolt
1990 CE — 1995 CE First Azawad insurgency
April 11, 2002 CE — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
2007 CE — 2009 CE Second Azawad insurgency
2012 CE Tuareg Rebellion
1578 CE — 1608 CE Oyo-Benin War
1804 CE — 1808 CE Fulani War
1835 CE — 1836 CE Fula jihads
1873 CE — Rafin Jaki Jihad
1897 CE Benin Expedition
1967 CE — 1970 CE Nigerian Civil War
1999 CE - ongoing Nigerian Sharia conflict
São Tomé and Príncipe
February 3, 1953 CE Batepá Massacre
February 7, 1813 CE Action
1982 CE Ndogboyosoi War
March 23, 1991 CE — January 18, 2002 CE Sierra Leone Civil War
October 23, 1957 CE — June 30, 1958 CE Ifni War
1970 CE - ongoing Western Sahara conflict
October 30, 1975 CE — September 6, 1991 CE Western Sahara War
1928 CE — 1931 CE Kongo-Wara rebellion
1987 CE — present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
2004 CE — 2007 CE Central African Republic Bush War
2012 CE — present Central African Republic Civil War
1665 CE — 1709 CE Kongo Civil War
1997 CE — 1999 CE Congo (Brazzaville) Civil War
1892 CE – 1894 CE Congo Arab war
1895 CE - 1908 CE Batetela rebellion
28 July 1914 CE — 11 November 1918 CE World War I
1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945 World War II
June 30, 1960 CE — November 25, 1966 CE Congo Crisis
1964 CE Simba Rebellion
1960 CE - ongoing Katanga insurgency
March 8, 1977 CE — May 26, 1977 CE Shaba I
May 11, 1978 CE — June 1978 CE Shaba II
1987 CE - ongoing Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
1996 CE - ongoing ADF insurgency
October 24, 1996 CE — May 16, 1997 CE First Congo War
August 2, 1998 CE — July 18, 2003 CE Second Congo War
1999 CE — ongoing Ituri Conflict
2004 CE — ongoing Kivu Conflict
8 August 2016 - ongoing Kasaï-Central clashes
c. 1203 CE — 1243 CE 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. 1455 CE — 1487 CE Ali Gazi, ruler of the Bornu Empire, took on the Bulala nomads, defeated them, and re-captured the old Kanem capital, Njimi
Rabih's War
1965 CE — 1979 CE Civil war in Chad
1978 CE — 1987 CE Chadian-Libyan conflict
1979 CE — 1982 CE Civil war in Chad
1998 CE — 2002 CE Civil war in Chad
April 11, 2002 CE — ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
December 18, 2005 CE — January 15, 2010 CE Civil war in Chad
May 18, 1803 CE — November 20, 1815 CE Napoleonic Wars
1817 CE — 1819 CE Ndwandwe–Zulu War
1830s CE — 1840s CE Great Trek
February 17, 1838 CE Weenen Massacre
January 11, 1879 CE — July 4, 1879 CE Anglo-Zulu War
1779 CE — 1879 CE Xhosa Wars
December 20, 1880 CE — March 23, 1881 CE First Boer War
October 11, 1899 CE — May 31, 1902 CE Second Boer War
July 28, 1914 CE — November 11, 1918 CE World War I
September 15, 1914 CE — February 4, 1915 CE Maritz Rebellion
March 21, 1960 CE Sharpeville Massacre
June 16, 1976 CE Soweto Uprising
August 26, 1966 CE — March 21, 1990 CE South African Border War
October 1893 CE — January 1894 CE First Matabele War
March 1896 CE — October 1897 CE Second Matabele War
July 4, 1964 CE — December 12, 1979 CE Second Chimurenga/Rhodesian Bush War
Swaziland
October 11, 1899 CE — May 31, 1902 CE Second Boer War
1880 CE — 1881 CE Gun War
1998 CE South African intervention in Lesotho
July 28, 1914 CE — November 11, 1918 CE World War I
September 25, 1964 CE — September 8, 1974 CE Mozambican War of Independence
May 30, 1977 CE — October 4, 1992 CE Mozambican Civil War
2013 CE - 2014 Internal conflict in Mozambique
February 4, 1961 CE — April 25, 1974 CE Angolan War of Independence
November 11, 1975 CE — April 4, 2002 CE Angolan Civil War
August 3, 1914 CE — November 1918 CE World War I
1994 CE — 1999 CE Caprivi conflict
1904 CE — 1907 CE Herero Genocide
August 26, 1966 CE — March 21, 1990 CE Namibian War of Independence
July 28, 1914 CE — November 11, 1918 CE World War I
September 15, 1914 CE — February 4, 1915 CE Maritz Rebellion
July 28, 1914 CE — November 11, 1918 CE World War I
September 1, 1939 CE — September 2, 1945 CE World War II
2001–present War on Terrorism
1997–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 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence
2001–2003 Central African Republic civil war
2002–2003 Ivorian Civil War
2003–present War in Darfur
2004 French–Ivorian clashes
2004–present Conflict in the Niger Delta
2004–2007 Central African Republic Bush War
2004–present Kivu conflict
2005–2010 Chadian Civil War
2005–2008 Mount Elgon insurgency
2007–2009 Second Tuareg Rebellion
2007–2008 Kenyan crisis
2008 Invasion of Anjouan
2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict
2009 Sudan airstrikes
2011 Second Ivorian Civil War
2011 Libyan Civil War
2012 Tuareg rebellion
2014 Second Libyan Civil War
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