LIST OF WARS
Wars since 1900
A list of all wars in the 20th and 21st centuries, based on data by COW, Prio and UCDP. See the source page or the FAQ for more information. See the new stats page for a summary of casualty data and nation-based stats. And get a preview of the experimental timeline of all wars since 1900. What's new? Check the update logs for 2018, 2017 and 2016 .
Post-Colonial Civil Wars in Africa
Name of War
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∧ |
Years
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∧ |
Fatalities |
Type |
Mem. |
Note |
Rwandan Social Revolution |
1959 - 1962 |
10,000 |
3 |
|
U |
Cameroonian Govt vs UPC |
1960 - 1961 |
60,000 |
1 |
|
|
Congo Crisis |
1960 - 1965 |
7,175 |
1 |
[2] |
|
First Rwanda Civil War |
1963 - 1964 |
21,000 |
1 |
|
U |
Sudan Government vs Insurgents |
1963 - 1972 |
10,000 |
1 |
|
|
Ethiopia vs Eritrean Separatists ELF/EPLF |
1964 - 1991 |
168,510 |
1 |
|
U |
Chad Civil War |
1966 - 2010 |
36,078 |
1 |
|
U |
Nigerian Civil War |
1967 - 1970 |
75,000 |
1 |
[2] |
|
Rhodesian Government vs ZANU,ZAPU,PF |
1967 - 1979 |
27,080 |
1 |
[3] |
|
Rebellion and killings in Burundi |
1972 - 1972 |
152,000 |
1 |
|
U |
Angolan Gvt vs UNITA Guerilla |
1975 - 2002 |
114,898 |
1 |
[1] |
|
Ethiopian Government vs EPRDF |
1976 - 1991 |
56,003 |
1 |
|
U |
Ethiopian Govt vs Ogadeni Rebels - WSLF/ONLF/AIAI |
1976 - 2016 |
23,432 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Mozambique Govt vs RENAMO and FRELIMO |
1977 - 2016 |
115,914 |
1 |
|
U |
Ethiopia vs Oromia rebels (OLF) |
1977 - 2017 |
3,432 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Uganda Civil War |
1980 - 2017 |
129,047 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
South African Government vs African National Congress |
1981 - 1988 |
4,087 |
1 |
|
U |
Sudan Government vs Militias |
1983 - 2017 |
100,820 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Political Violence during South Africa's post-apartheid transition |
1989 - 1998 |
4,556 |
3 |
[2] |
U |
Liberia Civil War |
1989 - 2003 |
23,249 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
Rwanda Civil War and Genocide |
1990 - 1994 |
507,754 |
1 |
[4] |
U |
Sierra Leone Civil War |
1991 - 2000 |
20,157 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
Burundi Civil War |
1991 - 2008 |
19,552 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
Hunde and allies vs Hutu, Banyarwanda |
1993 - 1996 |
4,303 |
2 |
|
U |
Congo Brazzaville Civil War |
1993 - 2002 |
15,541 |
1 |
[1] |
|
First and Second Congo Wars |
1996 - 2002 |
80,018 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Ituri Conflict |
1999 - 2004 |
12,494 |
2 |
|
U |
Civil War in Côte d Ivoire |
2002 - 2004 |
1,472 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Kivu Conflict |
2004 - 2017 |
13,192 |
1 |
|
U |
Somalia Civil War |
2006 - 2022 |
33,784 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon vs Boko Haram (ISWAP) |
2009 - 2017 |
29,363 |
1 |
|
U |
South Sudanese Civil War |
2011 - 2017 |
7,483 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
Sectarian Conflict in the Central African Republic |
2012 - 2022 |
12,531 |
1 |
|
U |
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