List of conflicts in Africa

[African Great Lakes]

[Burundi]

• 1972 Burundi genocide
• October 21, 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 – Ongoing Burundian unrest

  [Rwanda]

• October 1, 1990 – July 18, 1994 Rwandan Civil War
• *April 7, 1994 – July 15, 1994 Rwandan genocide

  [Kenya]

• August 3, 1914 – November 1918 East African Campaign
• June 10, 1940 – November 27, 1941 East African Campaign
• 1952–1960 Mau Mau Uprising
• 1963–1967 Shifta War
• 1980 Garissa Massacre
• February 10, 1984 Wagalla massacre
• 2005 Turbi Village Massacre
• 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis
• 2017 2017 Kenyan general election violence

  [South Sudan]

• 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 – February 22, 2020 South Sudanese Civil War

  [Tanzania]

• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• 1978–1979 Uganda–Tanzania War

  [Uganda]

• January 25, 1971 Coup d'état
• 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–ongoing Lord's Resistance Army
• 1996 Allied Democratic Forces
• 1996–2002 Uganda National Rescue Front II

  [Central Africa]

[Cameroon]

• 1804–1808 Fulani War
• 1835–1836 Fula jihads
• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
• March 2014 – ongoing Boko Haram insurgency
• 01 October 2016 - ongoing Anglophone Crisis

  [Central African Republic]

• 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]

• 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
• 1455–1487 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
• 1965–1979 Civil war in Chad
• 1978–1987 Chadian-Libyan conflict
• 1979–1982 Civil war in Chad
• 1998–2002 Civil war in Chad
• April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the Maghreb
• December 18, 2005 – January 15, 2010 Civil war in Chad

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• 1665–1709 Kongo Civil War
• Republic of the Congo Civil War
• 1997–1999 Congo Civil War
• 2016–2017 The Pool War

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• 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 – ongoing Batwa-Luba clashes
• 8 August 2016 – ongoing Kamwina Nsapu rebellion

  [Gabon]

• September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II

  [São Tomé and Príncipe]

• February 3, 1953 Batepá Massacre

  [Horn of Africa]

[Djibouti]

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

  [Eritrea]

• 1895–1896 First Italo-Ethiopia War
• October 3, 1935 – May 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War
• June 10, 1940 – November 27, 1941 East African Campaign
• February 1972 – March 1981 Eritrean Civil Wars
• September 1, 1961 – May 29, 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
• *List of massacres committed during the Eritrean War of Independence
• December 15, 1995 – December 17, 1995 Hanish Islands conflict
• May 6, 1998 – May 25, 2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian War
• Eritrean–Ethiopian War
• Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
• June 10, 2008 – June 13, 2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict
• January 1, 2010 Eritrean-Ethiopian border skirmish

  [Ethiopia]

• 1285 Ifat's conquest of shewa
• 1529–1543 Ethiopian-Adal War
• *March 1529 Battle of Shimbra Kure
• *1531 Battle of Antukyah
• *October 28, 1531 Battle of Amba Sel
• *April 24, 1541 Battle of Sahart
• *February 2, 1542 Battle of Baçente
• *April 4, 1542 – April 16, 1542 Battle of Jarte
• *August 1542 Battle of the Hill of the Jews
• *August 28, 1542 Battle of Wofla
• *February 21, 1543 Battle of Wayna Daga
• 1895–1896 First Italo-Ethiopia War
• *March 1, 1896 Battle of Adwa
• *December 7, 1895 Battle of Amba Alagi
• *January 13, 1895 Battle of Coatit
• October 3, 1935 – May 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War
• June 10, 1940 – November 27, 1941 East African Campaign
• July 13, 1977 – March 15, 1978 Ethio-Somali War
• September 1, 1961 – May 29, 1991 Eritrean War of Independence
• Ethiopian Civil War
• Eritrean–Ethiopian War
• Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict –Eritrean border conflict
• January 1, 2010 Eritrean-Ethiopian border skirmish

  [Somalia]

• 1700 BCE Invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Kingdom of Kush and the Land of Punt
• 1529–1543 Ethiopian-Adal War
• 1900–1920 Somaliland Campaign
• June 10, 1940 – November 27, 1941 East African Campaign
• August 3, 1940 – August 19, 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland
• July 13, 1977 – March 15, 1978 Ethio-Somali War
• 1986–1991 Somali Rebellion
• January 26, 1991 – ongoing Somali Civil War
• 1994 – 2019 Insurgency in Ogaden

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[Comoros]

• March 25, 2008 – March 26, 2008 Invasion of Anjouan

  [Madagascar]

• 1883–1885 First Madagascar expedition
• 1894–1895 Second Madagascar expedition
• 1942 Battle of Madagascar
• 1947–1948 Madagascar revolt

  [Mauritius]

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

  [North Africa]

[Algeria]

• 264 BCE – 146 BCE Punic Wars
• 112 BCE – 106 BCE Jugurthine War
• 420s Vandals conquer the Roman province
• June 533 – March 534 Vandalic War
• 544 – Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic
• 647 – 709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 1518 Fall of Tlemcen
• 1529 Capture of Peñón of Algiers
• September 14, 1769 – May 16, 1772 Danish–Algerian War
• 1830 – 1847 French conquest of Algeria
• 1835 – 1903 Pacification of Algeria
• June 10, 1940 – May 13, 1943 North African Campaign
• 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]

• 1803–1807 Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
• 1881–1899 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
• *Egyptian crisis
• *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

  [Libya]

• 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 – ongoing Post-civil war violence in Libya
• *2014 – ongoing Second Libyan Civil War

  [Morocco]

• 264 BCE – 146 BCE Punic Wars
• 112 BCE – 106 BCE Jugurthine War
• 420s Vandals conquer the Roman province
• June 533 – March 534 Vandalic War
• 544 Second Moorish uprising and the revolt of Guntharic
• 647–709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 739–743 Berber Revolt
• 1130–1147 Almoravid-Almohad War
• 1215–1269 Almohad-Marinid War
• 1125–1269 Almohad-Marinid War
• 1299–1370 Morocco-Tlemcen conflict
• 1415–1578 Moroccan-Portuguese conflict
• 1465 Moroccan Revolt
• 1527–1554 Wattassid-Saadian War
• September 1497 Conquest of Melilla
• 1603–1627
• 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
• 1554–1830 Moroccan–Turkish border conflict
• 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]

• 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
• 1881–1899 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
• May 19, 2011 – ongoing Sudan–SRF conflict
• March 26, 2012 – September 26, 2012 Sudan–South Sudan Border War
• December 19, 2018 - April 11, 2019

  [Tunisia]

• 164 BCE – 146 BCE Punic Wars
• *Battle of Carthage
• 112 BCE – 106 BCE Jugurthine War
• 238 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
• 17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943 Tunisia Campaign
• 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

  [Southern Africa]

[Angola]

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

  [Lesotho]

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

  [Malawi]

• August 3, 1914 – November 1918 World War I

  [Mozambique]

• 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

  [Namibia]

• 1904–1907 Herero Genocide
• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• *September 15, 1914 – February 4, 1915 Maritz Rebellion
• August 26, 1966 – March 21, 1990 Namibian War of Independence
• 1994–1999 Caprivi conflict

  [South Africa]

• May 18, 1803 – November 20, 1815 Napoleonic Wars
• 1817–1819 Ndwandwe–Zulu War
• 1830s–1840s Great Trek
• February 17, 1838 Weenen Massacre
• January 11, 1879 – July 4, 1879 Anglo-Zulu War
• 1779–1879 Xhosa Wars
• December 20, 1880 – March 23, 1881 First Boer War
• October 11, 1899 – May 31, 1902 Second Boer War
• July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
• *September 15, 1914 – February 4, 1915 Maritz Rebellion
• September 4, 1939 – May 7, 1945 World War II
• March 21, 1960 Sharpeville Massacre
• August 26, 1966 – March 21, 1990 South African Border War
• June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprising

  [Swaziland]

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

  [Zambia]

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

  [Zimbabwe]

• 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' Gukurahundi

  [West Africa]

[Benin]

• 1724–1727 Abomey conquests
• 1726–1730 First Oyo-Dahomey War
• 1738–1748 Second Oyo-Dahomey War
• 1764 Second Ashanti-Akim War
• 1768 Yoruba-Ashanti War
• 1889–1894 France conquers Dahomey

  [Burkina Faso]

• 1985 Agacher Strip War

  [Côte d'Ivoire]

• 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]

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

  [Ghana]

• 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]

• 2013 Guinea clashes

  [Guinea-Bissau]

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

  [Liberia]

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

  [Mali]

• 647–709 Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
• 1075 Almoravid conquest of the Ghana Empire
• 1230–1250 Early imperial expansion of the Mali Empire
• 1400 The Sandaki usurpation and second Mossi raid
• 1433 The Tuareg invasion
• 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

  [Mauritania]

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

  [Niger]

• 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

  [Nigeria]

• 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
• 1999–ongoing Nigerian Sharia conflict
• *2009–ongoing Niger Delta conflict
• 2009–ongoing Boko Haram insurgency

  [Sierra Leone]

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

  [Western Sahara]

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

  Chronological list of wars

19th century

• 1801-1807 Temne War
• 1801-1805 First Barbary War
• 1803-1805 Napoleonic Wars
• *1803-1806 War of the Third Coalition
• **1806 Battle of Blaauwberg
• *1807-1809 Anglo-Turkish War
• **1807 Alexandria expedition
• 1804-1808 Fulani War
• 1805-1811 Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
• 1806-1807 Ashanti–Fante War
• 1807-1818 Mtetwa Empire Expansion
• 1810-1818 Amadu's Jihad
• 1811-1812 Fourth Xhosa War
• 1811 Ga–Fante War
• c.1812 Battle of Shela
• 1814-1816 Ashanti–Akim–Akwapim War
• 1815 Slachter's Nek Rebellion
• 1815 Second Barbary War
• 1817-1819 Ndwandwe–Zulu War
• 1818-1819 Fifth Xhosa War
• 1818-1828 Zulu wars of conquest

  20th century

• 1900 War of the Golden Stool
• 1900-1920 Somaliland Campaign
• 1901-1901 French conquest of the Dendi Kingdom
• 1902-1904 Kuanhama Rebellion
• 1901-1902 Anglo-Aro War
• 1901-1903 Mapondera Rebellion
• 1902-1904 Bailundo revolt of 1902
• 1903-1904 British conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate
• 1904-1908 Herero Wars
• 1904-1905 uprising in Madagascar
• 1905-1907 Maji Maji Rebellion
• 1906 Bambatha Rebellion
• 1906 Sokoto Uprising of 1906
• 1907-1910 Dembos War of 1907-1910
• 1908 Battle of Marrakech
• 1909 Second Melillan campaign
• 1909-1911 Ouaddai War
• 1910-1912 Portuguese conquest of the Kasanje Kingdom
• 1911-1912 French conquest of Morocco
• 1911-1912 Italo-Turkish War
• 1912 Sirte revolt
• 1914 Kolongongo War
• 1914-1917 Kongo revolt
• 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
• 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–present Insurgency in Ogaden
• 1995–present Second Afar insurgency
• 1995 Hanish Islands conflict
• 1996–present Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• 1996-1997 First Congo War
• 1997-1999 Republic of the Congo Civil War
• 1998-2000 Eritrean–Ethiopian War
• 1998-2003 Second Congo War
• *2000 Six-Day War
• 1998-1999 Guinea-Bissau Civil War
• 1999-2003 Second Liberian Civil War
• 1999–present Ituri conflict

  21st century

• 2001–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 Nigerian sectarian violence
• *2015–present ISIL insurgency in Tunisia
• *2017–present Islamist insurgency in Mozambique
• 2002-2003 Conflict in the Pool Department
• 2002–2004 First Ivorian Civil War
• 2003–present 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–present South Sudanese Civil War
• 2009 Sudan airstrikes
• 2009 Dongo conflict
• 2011 Second Ivorian Civil War
• 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–present Batwa–Luba clashes
• 2013-2019 RENAMO insurgency
• 2014 Aswan tribal clashes
• 2014–present Second Libyan Civil War
• 2016-2017 Pool War
• 2016 Kasese clashes
• 2016–present Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
• 2017–present Anglophone Crisis