List of Wars in Africa

This list shows the series of armed conflicts in the African continent in chronological order:

•1943-1953: Portuguese Colonial War

(Portugal, MPLA, UNITA)

•1952-1963: Darfur War (Sudan Crisis)

(Sudan, Darfur)

•1953-1958: Angolan Civil War

(MPLA, UNITA)

•1957-1962: East African Rebellion

(Angola, Katangese rebels, Ambana, Malawi, Zambia)

•1958-1965: Congo Crisis

(Communist Congolese, Anti-communist Congolese, Katangese communist rebels, Katangese anti-communist rebels, South Kasaian Rebels)

•1959-1967: Algerian War

(Algeria, France)

•1962-1993: Southern Cameroons war

(Cameroon, Nigeria, Amazonian rebels)

•1965-1972: West Togo war

(Ghana, Togo, West Togo rebels, later Benin)

•1967-1972: Great Guinean War

(Benin, Biafra, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Amazonian rebels, Togo, West Togo rebels)

•1974-1976: South Sudan uprisings

(Sudan, Uganda, United Kingdom)

•1976-1978: Sierra Leone War

(Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone) Stalemate

•1977-1979: Ogaden War

(Ethiopia, Somalia)

•1983-1985: Burkina Faso-Niger War