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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 ...
List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
The Second Congo War, [a] also known as Africa's World War, [9] the Great War of Africa, or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2 August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues. It began when Congolese president Laurent-Désiré Kabila turned against his ...
Military history of Africa. The military history of Africa is one of the oldest military histories in the world. Africa is a continent of many regions with diverse populations speaking hundreds of different languages and practicing an array of cultures and religions. These differences have also been the source of much conflict since a millennia ...
Tunisian War of Independence Tunisia: 2,500 1955–1972 First Sudanese Civil War Sudan: 500,000 1954–1962 Algerian War of Independence Algeria: 1,000,000–1,500,000 1957–1958 Ifni War Morocco, Spanish West Africa: 8,400 1958–1959 1958 Rif riots Morocco ~4000 1961 Bizerte crisis Tunisia: 654 1961–1964 First Tuareg rebellion Mali, Niger
The Rhodesian Bush War also known as the Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwean War of Independence, [ 13] was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [ n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe ). [ n 2][ 24] The conflict pitted three forces against one another: the Rhodesian white ...
The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, [note 1] was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups began fighting against the government of Sudan, which they accused of oppressing Darfur's non-Arab population.
South African Republic (1854–1877) The Boers defeat the Ndebele under chief Makopane at Makapansgat 1854 [3] Campaign against Batlhaping (Batlapin) Bantu people under Gasibone and Mahura in West Transvaal 1858 [3] Campaign against Bampelas in North Transvaal 1858 [3] Campaign against Mabhogo and Maleo 1863 [3]