List of wars involving Eritrea explained

This is a list of wars involving the State of Eritrea.

Colonial period

Since 1950

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultPresident
of Eritrea
Eritrean
losses
Eritrean War of Independence
(1961 - 1991)
ELF
EPLF


Victory
First Eritrean Civil War
(1972 - 1974)
ELF EPLFTruce
  • ELF and EPLF form an alliance[1]
Second Eritrean Civil War
(1980 - 1981)
ELF EPLF
TPLF
EPLF victory
  • ELF decisively defeated
Hanish Islands Crisis
(1995)
Victory
Second Sudanese Civil War
(1996 - 1998)[2]
SPLA



Janjaweed
Stalemate
  • Eritrean withdrawal in 1998
First Congo War
(1996–1997)[3]
AFDL
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola

ALiR
Interahamwe
UNITA
Victory
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
(1998 - 2000)
Defeat
Djiboutian–Eritrean conflict
(2008)
Indecisive
  • Fighting subsided after three days
Tigray War
(2020 - 2022)

Tigray
Victory

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Waal, Alexander De. Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia. wolki.. 1991. Human Rights Watch. 9781564320384. en. 49.
  2. https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports98/sudan/Sudarm988-07.htm "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces."
  3. Book: Plaut , Martin . Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State. en. 2016. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 9780190669591.
    • Rebel Movements and Proxy Warfare: Uganda, Sudan and the Congo (1986-99). Prunier. Gérard. July 2004. African Affairs. 10.1093/afraf/adh050. 412. 103. 359–383. 3518562.