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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 ...
The Libyan Civil War began on 15 February 2011 as a chain of civil protests and later evolved into a widespread uprising against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. On 25 February, most of eastern Libya was reported to be under the control of protesters and rebel forces. [1] Gaddafi remained in control of the cities of Tripoli, Sirte and Sabha. [2]
A French fighter, destroyed Libyan pro-Gaddafi Soko G-2 Galeb single-engine military trainer aircraft which was breaking the no-fly zone. [41] A member of the opposition forces claimed a major success – killing thirty government snipers in Misrata. He also said that all Libyan government military vessels have abandoned the port. [42]
The Libyan Civil War began on 17 February 2011 as a civil protest and later evolved into a widespread uprising. By mid-August, anti-Gaddafi forces effectively supported by a NATO-led international coalition were ascendant in Tripolitania, breaking out of the restive Nafusa Mountains in the south to mount an offensive toward the coast and advancing from Misrata on loyalist-held cities and ...
Herein is a list of military interventions taken by the African Union in its member states in chronological order from their start dates. Operations have been carried out in Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
The 2011 Libyan Civil War began on 17 February 2011 as a civil protest and later evolved into a widespread uprising. After a military intervention led by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States (and later NATO) on 19 March turned the tide of the conflict at the Second Battle of Benghazi, anti-Gaddafi forces regrouped and established control over Misrata and most of the Nafusa ...
Africa portal; Civil wars involving the states and peoples of Africa. ... Timeline of the Kivu conflict (2020) U. Ugandan Bush War; W. War in Uganda (1986–1994)
First Sudanese Civil War Sudan: 500,000 1954–1962 Algerian War of Independence [7] 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: 1963–1964 Sand War Morocco, Algeria: 339 1963–1965