Burundi edit

• 1972 Burundi genocide
• October 22, 1993 – August 2005 Burundi Civil War
  • December 28, 2000 Titanic Express Massacre
  • September 9, 2002 Itaba Massacre
  • August 13, 2004 Gatumba Massacre
• April 26, 2015 – 17 May 2018 Burundian unrest

Rwanda edit

• November 1, 1959 – July 1, 1961 Rwandan Revolution

• December 21, 1963 – December 27, 1963 Bugesera invasion

• October 1, 1990 – July 18, 1994 Rwandan Civil War

• • April 7, 1994 – July 15, 1994 Rwandan genocide

Kenya edit

• August 3, 1914 – November 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
• June 10, 1940 – November 27, 1941 East African Campaign (World War II)
• 1952–1960 Mau Mau Uprising
• 1963–1967 Shifta War
• 1980 Garissa Massacre
• February 10, 1984 Wagalla massacre
• 1987–1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
• 2005 Turbi Village Massacre
• 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis

South Sudan edit

• May 25, 2008 – 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 (Heglig Crisis)
• December 15, 2013 – February 22, 2020 South Sudanese Civil War

Tanzania edit

• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• 1964 Zanzibar Revolution
• 1972 Invasion of Uganda
• 1978–1979 Uganda–Tanzania War

Uganda edit

• January 25, 1971 Coup d'état
• 1972 Invasion of Uganda
• July 4, 1976 Operation Entebbe
• October 30, 1978 – April 11, 1979 Uganda-Tanzania War
  • April 11, 1979 Fall of Kampala
• 1980–1985 Uganda National Rescue Front
• 1982–1986 Ugandan Civil War
• 1986–1988 Uganda People's Democratic Army
• 1986–1987 Holy Spirit Movement
• 1987–1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
• 1987–ongoing Lord's Resistance Army
• 1996–ongoing Allied Democratic Forces
• 1996–2002 Uganda National Rescue Front II

Cameroon edit

• 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
• July 2 2006 – ongoing Bakassi conflict
• March 2014 – ongoing Boko Haram insurgency
• September 9 2017 – ongoing Anglophone Crisis

Central African Republic edit

• 1928–1931 Kongo-Wara rebellion
• 1987–present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 2004–2007 Central African Republic Bush War
• 2012–present Central African Republic Civil War
  • 13 April 2013 – 10 January 2014 Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration

Chad edit

Kanem Empire edit

• 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 edit

• 1909–1911 Ouaddai War
• 1915 – 15 November 1917 Massacre des coupes-coupes (in Arabic: Kabkab Massacre, مجزرة كبكب)

Republic of Chad edit

• 1 November 1965 Mangalmé riots
• 1965–2010 War in Chad
  • 1965–2010 Chadian Civil War
    • 1965–1970 Civil war in Chad
    • 1979–1982 Civil war in Chad
    • 1998–2002 Civil war in Chad
  • 18 December 2005 – 15 January 2010 Civil war in Chad
    • 18 December 2005 Battle of Adré
    • 6 January 2006 Borota raid
    • 6 March 2006 Amdjereme raid
    • 13 April 2006 Battle of N'Djamena
    • 1 May 2006 Dalola raid
    • 2–4 February 2008 Battle of N'Djamena
    • 18 June 2008 Battle of Am Zoer
    • 7 May 2009 Battle of Am Dam
    • 24–28 April 2010 Battle of Tamassi
  • 1978–1987 Chadian-Libyan conflict
    • 1983–1984 Operation Manta
    • 13 February 1986–2014 Opération Épervier
    • 1986 Tibesti War
    • 16 December 1986 – 11 September 1987 Toyota War
• 11 April 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb

Congo (Republic of) edit

• 1665–1709 Kongo Civil War
• 1993–1994 Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–94)
• 1997–1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
• 2016–2017 The Pool War

Congo (Democratic Republic of) edit

• 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
• July 5, 1960 – November 25, 1965 Congo Crisis
  • 1964 Simba Rebellion
• 1960–ongoing Katanga insurgency
• March 8, 1977 – May 26, 1977 Shaba I
• May 11, 1978 – June 1978 Shaba II
• 1987–ongoing Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 1996–ongoing ADF insurgency
• October 24, 1996 – May 16, 1997 First Congo War
• August 2, 1998 – July 18, 2003 Second Congo War
  • 1999–ongoing Ituri Conflict
  • 2004–ongoing Kivu Conflict
  • 2012–2013 M23 rebellion
  • December 2013 – c. 2018 Batwa-Luba clashes
• 8 August 2016 – c. 2019 Kamwina Nsapu rebellion

São Tomé and Príncipe edit

• February 3, 1953 Batepá Massacre

Djibouti edit

• November 1991 – December 1994 Djiboutian Civil War
• June 10, 2008 – June 13, 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

Eritrea edit

Italian Eritrea edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 1 September 1961 – 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
  • 24 July 1967 – 172 men killed in Hazemo
  • 1967 – 50 students suspected of being members of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) had been hanged in the centre of Agordat.
  • 17 January 1970 – 60 village elders in Elabared had been rounded up for supporting the Eritrean Liberation Front and killed.
  • 30 November 1970 – 121 people in Basik Dera had been rounded up into the local mosque and killed.
  • 1 December 1970 – Ethiopian Army units surrounded and killed 625 people in Ona, and burned the village down
  • 28 December 1974 – 45 students in Asmara were strangled to death and their bodies dumped in alleyways and doorsteps
  • 2 February 1975 – During an engagement with the EPLF and the ELF, the Ethiopian Army attacked the church where 103 villagers in Woki Duba had taken refuge
  • 14 February 1975 – Ethiopian troops fired on and killed 300–3,000 civilians in Asmara and nearby villages
  • 9 March 1975 – Ethiopian troops killed 208 civilians in Agordat
  • August 1975 – 250 villagers in Om Hajer were machine-gunned in front of a river
  • April 1988 – Three killed by aerial attacks in Agordat
  • 5 December 1988 – 400 killed in She'eb
  • 3–4 April 1990 – Aerial attacks in Afabet killed 67 and wounded 125
  • 24 April 1990 – Aerial attacks and cluster bombs in Massawa killed 50 and wounded 110
  • 1977–1978 Battle of Massawa
  • 1977 Siege of Barentu
  • 17–20 March 1988 Battle of Afabet
  • 8–10 February 1990 Battle of Massawa

Ethiopian Empire edit

• February 1972 – 13 October 1974 First Eritrean Civil War

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia edit

• February 1980 – 24 March 1981 Second Eritrean Civil War

Transitional Government of Ethiopia edit

• 15–17 December 1995 Hanish Islands conflict

State of Eritrea edit

• 6 May 1998 – 25 May 2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian War
• 10–13 June 2008 Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict
• 1 January 2010 Eritrean-Ethiopian border skirmish

Ethiopia edit

Axumite Empire edit

• 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 edit

• c. 1270 Makhzumi Sultan assisted Yekuno Amlak rebellion against Zagwe dynasty
• c. 1285 the Conquest of Makhzumi by the Ifat Sultanate

Ethiopian Empire edit

• 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

Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea edit

• 1 September 1961 – 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence

Ethiopian Empire edit

• 12 September 1974 – 28 May 1991 Ethiopian Civil War

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia edit

• 13 July 1977 – 15 March 1978 Ethio-Somali War
• June – August 1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War

Transitional Government of Ethiopia edit

• 1992 – ongoing Oromo conflict
• 1994–2018 Insurgency in Ogaden

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia edit

• 6 May 1998 – 25 May 2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian War
• 7 October 2002 – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
• 3 November 2020 – 3 November 2022 Tigray conflict

Somalia edit

Ajuuraan State edit

• 1580s Ajuran-Portuguese wars

Italian East Africa edit

• 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 Democratic Republic edit

• 13 July 1977 – 15 March 1978 Ethio-Somali War
• 6 April 1981 – 18 May 1991 Somaliland War of Independence
• June–August 1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War
• 26 January 1991 – ongoing Somali Civil War
  • 1978 – 1991 Somali Rebellion
  • 9 December 1992 – 4 May 1993 Unified Task Force
  • 22 August 1993 – 13 October 1993 Operation Gothic Serpent
    • 3–4 October 1993 Battle of Mogadishu

Transitional Federal Government edit

• 26 January 1991 – ongoing Somali Civil War
  • 4 June – 20 December 2006 Advance of the Islamic Courts Union
    • 7 May – 11 July 2006 Battle of Mogadishu
  • 20 December 2006 – 30 January 2009 War in Somalia
    • 20–26 December 2006 Battle of Baidoa
    • 23–25 December 2006 Battle of Bandiradley
    • 24–25 December 2006 Battle of Beledweyne
    • 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
    • 31 May – 3 June 2007 Battle of Bargal
    • 8–16 November 2007 Battle of Mogadishu
    • 19–20 April 2008 Battle of Mogadishu
    • 1–26 July 2008 Battle of Beledweyne
    • 8 July 2008 – 26 January 2009 Siege of Baidoa
    • 20–22 August 2008 Battle of Kismayo
• Piracy in Somalia
  • 28 March 2006 Action
  • 3 June 2007 Action
  • 8 December 2008 – ongoing Operation Atalanta
  • 16 September 2008 Carré d'As IV incident
  • 9 April 2009 Raid off Somalia
  • 8–12 April 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking
  • 17 August 2009 – ongoing Operation Ocean Shield
  • 23 March 2010 Action
  • 30 March 2010 Action
  • 5 April 2010 Action
  • 6 May 2010 MV Moscow University hijacking
  • 18–21 January 2011 MV Beluga Nomination incident
  • 16–19 June 2011 Operation Umeed-e-Nuh
  • 12 January 2012 Attack on Spanish oiler Patiño
• 31 January 2009 – ongoing War in Somalia
  • 22 February 2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu
  • 24–25 February 2009 Battle of South Mogadishu
  • 7 May – 1 October 2009 Battle of Mogadishu
  • 11 May – 1 October 2009 Battle for Central Somalia
  • 5 June 2009 Battle of Wabho
  • 18 June 2009 Beledweyne bombing
  • 1–7 October 2009 Battle of Kismayo
  • 10–14 January 2010 Battle of Beledweyne
  • May–July 2010 Ayn clashes
  • 1 May 2010 Mogadishu bombings
  • 20 July 2010 Kenya-Al-Shabaab border clash
  • 8 August – 17 October 2010 Galgala campaign
  • 23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011 Battle of Mogadishu
  • 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
  • 11 January 2013 Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt
• June 2007 – May 2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden
• 7 October 2001 – ongoing War on Terrorism
  • 7 October 2002 – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa
    • 18 March 2006 Action
    • 5–12 January 2007 Battle of Ras Kamboni
    • 3 June 2007 Action
    • 31 May – 3 June 2007 Battle of Bargal
    • 3 March 2008 Dobley airstrike
    • 1 May 2008 Dhusamareb airstrike
    • 8–12 April 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking
    • 17 August 2009 – ongoing Operation Ocean Shield
    • 14 September 2009 Baraawe raid
    • 25 January 2012 Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted

Federal Republic of Somalia edit

• 7 October 2001 – ongoing War on Terrorism
  • 7 October 2002 – ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
    • 11 January 2013 Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt

Somaliland edit

• c. 1700 BCE Invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Kingdom of Kush and the Land of Punt
• 1529–1543 Ethiopian-Adal War
• 1827 Battle of Berbera 1827
• 1900–1920 Somaliland Campaign
• 1922 1922 Burao Tax Revolt
• 10 June 1940 – 27 November 1941 East African Campaign (World War II)
• 3 August 1940 – 19 August 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland
• 2–7 July 1945 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion
• 13 July 1977 – 15 March 1978 Ethio-Somali War
• 6 April 1981 – 18 May 1991 Somaliland War of Independence
• 1998 – ongoing Puntland-Somaliland dispute

Comoros edit

• March 25, 2008 – March 27, 2008 Invasion of Anjouan

Madagascar edit

• 1883–1885 First Madagascar expedition
• 1894–1895 Second Madagascar expedition
• 1942 Battle of Madagascar (World War II)
• 1947–1948 Madagascar revolt

Mauritius edit

• August 20, 1810 – August 27, 1810 Battle of Grand Port

Algeria edit

• 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
• November 1, 1954 – March 19, 1962 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

Egypt edit

• 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
• 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
  • Egyptian crisis (2011–14)
  • 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
  • 2013 – ongoing Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)

Libya edit

• c. 1279 BC – 1213 BC Ramesses II's Campaigns in Libya
• 264 BC – 146 BC Punic Wars
• 112 BC – 106 BC 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
• Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • 1551 Siege of Tripoli
• 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
• 1977 Libyan-Egyptian War
• 1978 – 87 Chadian-Libyan conflict
• August, 1980 Tobruk incident
• May 8, 1984 Bab al-Azizia siege
• 2011 Libyan Civil War
• 2011 – 2014 Post-civil war violence in Libya
  • 2014 – 2020 Second Libyan Civil War

Morocco edit

• 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
• 1963 Sand War
• 1970–ongoing Western Sahara conflict
• 1975–1991 Western Sahara War
• April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb

Sudan edit

Nubia edit

• c. 3050 BCE Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians

Kingdom of Kerma edit

• 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 edit

• c. 1282 BCE Seti's military campaigns
• c. 1279 BCE – 1213 BCE Remesses II's campaigns in Nubia

Kingdom of Kush edit

• 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 edit

• 1312 Mamluk Invasion

Sultanate of Darfur edit

• 1722–1786 Civil War

Egyptian Eyalet edit

• February 1820 – October 1822 Invasion of Libya and Sudan

Khedivate of Egypt edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 18 August 1955 – 27 March 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
  • 1969–1972 Anyanya rebellion

Democratic Republic of the Sudan edit

• 1 April 1983 – January 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War

Republic of the Sudan edit

• 1987 – ongoing Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 2003 – ongoing War in Darfur
  • 10–12 May 2008 Attack on Omdurman and Khartoum
• 18 December 2005 – 15 January 2010 Chad-Sudan conflict
• 27–29 November 2006 Battle of Malakal
• January 2009 – ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts
  • 23 April 2010 South Darfur clash
• 7 January 2011 – ongoing South Sudan internal conflict
• 19 May 2011 – ongoing Sudan-SRF conflict
• 26 March – 26 September 2012 Sudan-South Sudan Border War
  • 26–28 March 2012 First Battle of Heglig
  • 17–18 April 2012 Abyei border clash
  • 15 December 2013 – 22 February 2020 South Sudanese Civil War

Tunisia edit

Carthaginian Empire edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 238 CE Battle of Carthage
• 439 CE Genseric broke the treaty between the Vandals and the Romans when he invaded the province of Africa Proconsularis and laid siege to Carthage.
• Germanic Wars
  • 468 CE Battle of Cap Bon

Vandal Kingdom edit

• June 533 – Mach 534 Vandalic War
  • 13 September 533 Battle of Ad Decimum
  • 15 December 533 Battle of Tricamarum

Byzantine Praetorian Prefecture of Africa edit

• 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 edit

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

Aghlabids edit

• 824–836 Military mutiny
• 879–880 Invasion of al-Abbas ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun

Fatimid Caliphate edit

• 909 Fatimid conquest of Ifriqiya from the Aghlabids
• 943–947 Rebellion of Abu Yazid

Almohad Caliphate edit

• 1160 Ifriqiya conquered and annexed by the Almohads
• 1171–1172 Conquest of North Africa and Nubia by the Ayyubid Dynasty

Ayyubid Dynasty edit

• 1171–1172 Conquest of North Africa and Nubias by the Ayyubid Dynasty

Hafsid Dynasty edit

• 1269 Eighth Crusade

Ottoman Tunisia edit

• 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 edit

• 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
• 1952–1956 Tunisian Independence

Kingdom of Tunisia edit

• 1952–1956 Tunisian Independence

Republic of Tunisia edit

• 19–23 July 1961 Bizerte Crisis
• 18 December 2010 – 14 January 2011 Tunisian Revolution
• 26 June 2015 – 2022 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia

Angola edit

• February 4, 1961 – April 25, 1974 Angolan War of Independence
• November 11, 1975 – April 4, 2002 Angolan Civil War

Lesotho edit

• 1880–1881 Gun War
• 22 September 1998 – May 1999 South African intervention in Lesotho

Malawi edit

• August 3, 1914 – November 1918 World War I

Mozambique edit

• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• September 25, 1964 – September 8, 1974 Mozambican War of Independence
• May 30, 1977 – October 4, 1992 Mozambican Civil War
• 2013–2014 Internal conflict in Mozambique
• October 5, 2017 – ongoing Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

Namibia edit

• 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 Namibian War of Independence
• 1994–1999 Caprivi conflict

South Africa edit

• 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
• March 21, 1960 Sharpeville Massacre
• August 26, 1966 – March 21, 1990 South African Border War
• June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprising

Eswatini edit

• October 11, 1899 – May 31, 1902 Second Boer War

Zambia edit

• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II

Zimbabwe edit

• October 1893 – January 1894 First Matabele War
• March 1896 – October 1897 Matabele and Mashona 'Revolts' Second Matabele War
• July 4, 1964 – December 12, 1979 Second Chimurenga/Rhodesian Bush War
• 1982 – 1987 Gukurahundi genocide

Benin edit

• 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

Burkina Faso edit

• 1985 Agacher Strip War
• 2015 – present Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso

Côte d'Ivoire edit

• 1883–1898 Mandingo Wars
• September 19, 2002 – March 4, 2007 First Ivorian Civil War
• 28 November 2010 – 11 April 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War

Gambia edit

• 2016–2017 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
  • 2017 – ECOWAS intervention in the Gambia (2017)

Ghana edit

• 1620–1654 Dutch–Portuguese War
• 1664–1665 Anglo-Dutch Wars
• 1823–1831 Anglo-Ashanti wars
• 1900 War of the Golden Stool
• 1948 Accra Riots

Guinea edit

• 2013 Guinea clashes

Guinea-Bissau edit

• 1962–1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• 1997–1999 Guinea-Bissau Civil War

Liberia edit

• 1989–1996 First Liberian Civil War
• 1999–2003 Second Liberian Civil War

Mali edit

• 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 First Tuareg rebellion
• 1985 Agacher Strip War
• 1990–1995 Azawad insurgency and Malian civil war
• April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
• 2007–2009 Second Tuareg rebellion
• 2012 – Third Tuareg Rebellion
• 2012 – ongoing Northern Mali conflict
• 2020 Coup d'état

Mauritania edit

• 1970–ongoing Western Sahara conflict
• April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb

Niger edit

• 1516–1517 Songhai Civil War
• 1916–1917 Kaocen Revolt
• 1990–1995 First Azawad insurgency
• April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
• 2007–2009 Second Azawad insurgency
• 2012 Tuareg Rebellion
• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état

Nigeria edit

• 1578–1608 Oyo-Benin War
• 1804–1808 Fulani War
• 1835–1836 Fula jihads
• 1873 – Rafin Jaki Jihad
• 1897 Benin Expedition
• 1953–ongoing Religious violence in Nigeria
• 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War
  • 1998–ongoing Communal conflicts in Nigeria (1998-present)
• 1999–ongoing Nigerian Sharia conflict

Sierra Leone edit

• February 7, 1813 Action
• 1982 Ndogboyosoi War
• March 23, 1991 – January 18, 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War

Western Sahara edit

• October 23, 1957 – June 30, 1958 Ifni War
• 1970–ongoing Western Sahara conflict
• October 30, 1975 – September 6, 1991 Western Sahara War

19th century edit

• 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

20th century edit

• 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 edit

• 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–present 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

• List of active separatist movements in Africa
• Military history of Africa

General:

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

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