List of wars involving Botswana explained

This is a list of wars involving Botswana.

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ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result
Battle of Dimawe
(1852)		Various Botswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, Batswapong, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriors VoortrekkersVictory
Operation Restore Hope
(1992-1993)
 UNITAF United Somali CongressUN success
Operation Boleas
(1998–1999)		 SADC Lesotho opposition
  • Pro-opposition faction of the LDF
Victory
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
(2021–present) 		Mozambique
Rwanda
SAMIM 		Ansar al-Sunna
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant		Ongoing