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
∨
∧ |
Years
∨
∧ |
Fatalities |
Type |
Mem. |
Note |
|
Angolan Gvt vs UNITA Guerilla |
1975 - 2002 |
114,898 |
1 |
[1] |
|
|
Burundi Civil War |
1991 - 2008 |
19,552 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
|
Cameroonian Govt vs UPC |
1960 - 1961 |
60,000 |
1 |
|
|
|
Chad Civil War |
1966 - 2010 |
36,078 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Civil War in Côte d Ivoire |
2002 - 2004 |
1,472 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
|
Congo Brazzaville Civil War |
1993 - 2002 |
15,541 |
1 |
[1] |
|
|
Congo Crisis |
1960 - 1965 |
7,175 |
1 |
[2] |
|
|
Ethiopia vs Eritrean Separatists ELF/EPLF |
1964 - 1991 |
168,510 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Ethiopia vs Oromia rebels (OLF) |
1977 - 2017 |
3,432 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
|
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 |
|
First and Second Congo Wars |
1996 - 2002 |
80,018 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
|
First Rwanda Civil War |
1963 - 1964 |
21,000 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Hunde and allies vs Hutu, Banyarwanda |
1993 - 1996 |
4,303 |
2 |
|
U |
|
Ituri Conflict |
1999 - 2004 |
12,494 |
2 |
|
U |
|
Kivu Conflict |
2004 - 2017 |
13,192 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Liberia Civil War |
1989 - 2003 |
23,249 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
|
Mozambique Govt vs RENAMO and FRELIMO |
1977 - 2016 |
115,914 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon vs Boko Haram (ISWAP) |
2009 - 2017 |
29,363 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Nigerian Civil War |
1967 - 1970 |
75,000 |
1 |
[2] |
|
|
Political Violence during South Africa's post-apartheid transition |
1989 - 1998 |
4,556 |
3 |
[2] |
U |
|
Rebellion and killings in Burundi |
1972 - 1972 |
152,000 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Rhodesian Government vs ZANU,ZAPU,PF |
1967 - 1979 |
27,080 |
1 |
[3] |
|
|
Rwanda Civil War and Genocide |
1990 - 1994 |
507,754 |
1 |
[4] |
U |
|
Rwandan Social Revolution |
1959 - 1962 |
10,000 |
3 |
|
U |
|
Sectarian Conflict in the Central African Republic |
2012 - 2022 |
12,531 |
1 |
|
U |
|
Sierra Leone Civil War |
1991 - 2000 |
20,157 |
1 |
[2] |
U |
|
Somalia Civil War |
2006 - 2022 |
33,784 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
|
South African Government vs African National Congress |
1981 - 1988 |
4,087 |
1 |
|
U |
|
South Sudanese Civil War |
2011 - 2017 |
7,483 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
|
Sudan Government vs Insurgents |
1963 - 1972 |
10,000 |
1 |
|
|
|
Sudan Government vs Militias |
1983 - 2017 |
100,820 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
|
Uganda Civil War |
1980 - 2017 |
129,047 |
1 |
[1] |
U |
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