List of conflicts in Africa

This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses pre-colonial wars, colonial wars, wars of independence, secessionist and separatist conflicts, major episodes of national violence (riots, massacres, etc.), and global conflicts in which Africa was a theatre of war.

North Africa

Algeria

264 BC – 146 BC Punic Wars
112 BC – 106 BC Jugurthine War
49 BC – 45 BC Caesar's civil war
533 – 534 Vandalic War
533 – 548 Byzantine–Moorish wars
622 – 750 Early Muslim conquests
629 – 1050s Arab–Byzantine wars
647 – 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
1299 – 1307 Siege of Tlemcen (1299–1307)
1335 – 1337 Siege of Tlemcen (1335–1337)
1492 – 1792 Spanish–Ottoman wars
1519 Algiers expedition (1519)
1526 – 1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
1537 – 1540 Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
1541 Algiers expedition (1541)
1543 Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1543)
1543 Expedition to Mostaganem (1543)
1555 Capture of Béjaïa (1555)
1556 Siege of Oran (1556)
1526 – 1791 Ottoman–Habsburg wars
1563 Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir
1535 Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535)
1550 – 1795 Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco
late 16th century Revolt of Sidi Yahia
1609 – 1628 Franco-Algerian war (1609–1628)
1628 Tunisian–Algerian War (1628)
1664 Djidjelli expedition
1681 – 1688 Franco–Algerian war (1681–1688)
1694 Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)
1707 – 1708 Siege of Oran (1707–1708)
1732 Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)
1769 – 1772 Danish–Algerian War
1775 – 1785 Spanish–Algerian War (1775–1785)
1775 Invasion of Algiers (1775)
1783 Bombardment of Algiers (1783)
1784 Bombardment of Algiers (1784)
1785 – 1795 American–Algerian War (1785–1795)
1790 – 1792 Siege of Oran (1790–1792)
1801 – 1815 Barbary Wars
1815 Second Barbary War
1807 Tunisian–Algerian War (1807)
1811 Action of 22 May 1811
1813 Tunisian–Algerian War (1813)
1816 Bombardment of Algiers (1816)
1830 – 1903 French conquest of Algeria
1830 – 1875 Pacification of Algeria
1871 – 1872 Mokrani Revolt
1898 1898 Algerian riots
1939 – 1945 World War II
1940 – 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
1940 – 1943 North African Campaign
1942 Operation Torch
1940 – 1945 Battle of the Mediterranean
1954 – 1962 Algerian War
1958 May 1958 crisis
1961 Algiers putsch of 1961
1963 – 1964 Sand War
1963 – 1964 Socialist Forces Front rebellion in Algeria
1965 1965 Algerian coup d'état
1967 1967 Algerian coup attempt
1970 – present Western Sahara conflict
1991 – 2002 Algerian Civil War
1992 1992 Algerian coup d'état
2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield

Egypt

Prehistoric Egypt

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

Ancient Egypt

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

Roman Egypt

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

Rashidun Caliphate

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

Umayyad Caliphate

720 – 832 Bashmurian revolts

Abbasid Caliphate

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

Fatimid Caliphate

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

Ayyubid Sultanate

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

Mamluk Sultanate

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

Ottoman Egypt

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

Khedivate of Egypt

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

Sultanate of Egypt

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

Kingdom of Egypt

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

Arab Republic of Egypt

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

Libya

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

Morocco

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

Sudan

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

Tunisia

Carthaginian Empire

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

Kingdom of Numidia

112 BC – 106 BC Jugurthine War

Roman Province of Africa

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

Vandal Kingdom

533 – 534 Vandalic War

Byzantine Praetorian Prefecture of Africa

533 – 548 Byzantine–Moorish wars

Byzantine Exarchate of Africa

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

Aghlabids

1087 Mahdia campaign of 1087

Almohad Caliphate

1159 – 1160 Almohad conquest of Ifriqiya

Hafsid Dynasty

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

Ottoman Tunisia

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

Beylik of Tunis

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

French Protectorate of Tunisia

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

Republic of Tunisia

1961 Bizerte crisis
1961 Battle of marker 233
1980 1980 Gafsa Uprising
1985 Operation Wooden Leg
1987 1987 Tunisian coup d'état
2002 – present Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
2006 – 2007 2006–2007 Tunisia clashes
2007 Soliman shooting
2012 – 2019 Chaambi Operations
2014 Raoued Operation
2011 First Libyan Civil War
2013 Battle of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun
2015 – 2022 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
2021 2021 Tunisian self-coup

Western Sahara

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

East Africa

Burundi

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

Comoros

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

Djibouti

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

Eritrea

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

Ethiopia

Makhzumi Dynasty

1270 Battle of Ansata

Ethiopian Empire

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

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

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

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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

Madagascar

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

Malawi

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

Mauritius

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

Mozambique

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

Kenya

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

Réunion

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

Rwanda

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

Seychelles

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

Somalia

Sultanate of Mogadishu

766 – 837 Abbasid expeditions to East Africa

Adal Sultanate

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

Isaaq Sultanate

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

Emirate of Harar

1874 – 1885 Egyptian invasion of Harar

British Somaliland

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

Italian East Africa

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

Somali Republic

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

Somali Democratic Republic

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

Federal Republic of Somalia

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

South Sudan

1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
1898 Fashoda Incident
1955 – 1972 First Sudanese Civil War
1960 – 1965 Congo Crisis
1963 – 1965 Simba rebellion
1983 – 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War
1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
1996 – 1997 First Congo War
2005 – 2006 Disarmament of the Lou Nuer
2006 Battle of Malakal
2008 – present Sudanese nomadic conflicts
2010 – 2011 George Athor's rebellion
2008 – present Sudanese nomadic conflicts
2009 2009 Sobat River ambush
2011 – present Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)
2011 – 2020 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile
2012 Heglig Crisis
2013 – 2020 South Sudanese Civil War
2022 – present Abyei border conflict (2022–present)
2025 2025 Nasir clashes

Tanzania

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

Uganda

1881 – 1899 Mahdist War
1892 Battle of Kampala Hill
1914 – 1918 World War I
1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
1914 – 1918 East African Campaign (World War I)
1960 – 1965 Congo Crisis
1963 – 1965 Simba rebellion
1966 Mengo Crisis
1971 1971 Ugandan coup d'état
1972 1972 invasion of Uganda
1974 Arube uprising
1976 Operation Entebbe
1977 Operation Mafuta Mingi
1977 1977 invasion of Uganda
1978 – 1979 Uganda-Tanzania War
1980 – 1986 Ugandan Bush War
1986 – 1994 War in Uganda (1986-1994)
1987 – 1990 Kenyan-Ugandan border conflict
1987 – present Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
1996 – present Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
1996 – 2002 UNRF II insurgency
2016 Kasese clashes

Zambia

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

Zimbabwe

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

Central Africa

Angola

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

Cameroon

1804 – 1808 Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
1914 – 1918 World War I
1914 – 1918 African theatre of World War I
1914 – 1916 Kamerun campaign
1939 – 1945 World War II
1955 – 1964 Cameroon War
1981 – present Bakassi conflict
1981 – 2005 Nigerian-Cameroonian conflict over Bakassi
2006 – 2018 First Bakassi insurgency
2021 – present Pro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi
1984 1984 Cameroonian coup attempt
2007 – present Operation Juniper Shield
2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
2017 – present Anglophone Crisis

Central African Republic

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

Chad

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

Republic of Congo

1665 – 1709 Kongo Civil War
1966 1966 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
1968 1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état
1972 1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
1987 1987 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
1993 – 1994 Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–94)
1997 – 1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
2002 – 2003 2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department
2016 – 2017 Pool War

Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Equatorial Guinea

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

Gabon

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

São Tomé and Príncipe

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

Southern Africa

Botswana

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

Eswatini

1899 – 1902 Second Boer War

Lesotho

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

Namibia

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

South Africa

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

West Africa

Benin

1890 First Franco-Dahomean War
1892 – 1894 Second Franco-Dahomean War
1963 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état
1972 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
1977 1977 Benin coup attempt
2011 – present War in the Sahel
2012 – present Mali War
2015 – present Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso
2018 – present Fulani-Mossi conflict
2021 – present Jihadist insurgency in Northern Benin
2025 2025 Beninese coup attempt

Burkina Faso

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

Cape Verde

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

Côte d'Ivoire

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

Gambia

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

Ghana

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

Guinea

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

Guinea-Bissau

1961 – 1974 Portuguese Colonial War
1963 – 1974 Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
1980 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
1998 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
1998 – 1999 Guinea-Bissau Civil War
2003 2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
2010 2010 Guinea-Bissau military unrest
2011 2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
2012 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
2022 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
2023 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
2025 2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

Liberia

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

Mali

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

Mauritania

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

Niger

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

Nigeria

1789 – 1893 Yoruba Wars
1800s Mugbamugba War
1835 – 1849 Ife-Modakeke conflict
1877 – 1893 Kiriji War
1804 – 1808 Fulani War
1835 – 1836 Fula jihads
1897 Benin Expedition of 1897
1901 – 1902 Anglo-Aro War
1915 Bussa rebellion
1918 Adubi War
1966 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
1966 1966 Nigerian counter-coup
1967 – 1970 Nigerian Civil War
1968 – 1969 Agbekoya
1975 1975 Nigerian coup d'état
1976 1976 Nigerian coup attempt
1983 Chadian–Nigerian War
1983 1983 Nigerian coup d'état
1985 1985 Nigerian coup d'état
1990 1990 Nigerian coup attempt
1993 1993 Nigerian coup d'état
1997 – 2003 Warri Crisis
1998 – present Communal conflicts in Nigeria
1953 – present Religious violence in Nigeria
1998 – present Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria
2011 – present Nigerian bandit conflict
2003 – present Conflict in the Niger Delta
2016 – present 2016 Niger Delta conflict
2021 – present Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
2007 – ongoing Operation Juniper Shield
2009 – present Boko Haram insurgency
2009 2009 Boko Haram uprising
2011 – present Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
2014 2014 Enugu Government House attack
2014 2014 Enugu State Broadcasting Service attack
2024 Oyo State coup attempt

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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

Senegal

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

Sierra Leone

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

Togo

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