List of wars involving Mozambique

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The following is a list of wars involving Mozambique.

Contents

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Battle of Ngomano
(25 November 1917 [1] )

Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal

Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany

German victory
Mozambican War of Independence
(19641975)
Flag of Mozambique (1974-1975).svg FRELIMO Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Lusaka Accord
Rhodesian Bush War
(19641979)
Lancaster House Agreement
  • Rhodesia disestablished; Zimbabwe gains internationally recognised independence in its place.
Mozambican Civil War
(1977 [6] 1992)
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg Mozambique (People's Republic until 1990)

Flag of ZANU-PF.svg ZANU (until 1979)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (from 1980)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi (from 1987) [8]

Flag of RENAMO.svg RENAMO
PRM (until 1982)
UNAMO (1987–1988) [7]
Flag of COREMO.svg COREMO [9]
UNIPOMO [10]
FUMO [10]
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg Rhodesia (until 1979) [11]

Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa (from 1978) [12]

Stalemate
Uganda–Tanzania War
(19781979)
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda National Liberation Front Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Supported by:
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Zambia
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Flag of Palestine - short triangle.svg  Palestine Liberation Organization
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Tanzanian victory
RENAMO Insurgency
(20132021)
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique

Flag of RENAMO (3rd version).png RENAMO (until 2019)
RENAMO Military Junta (from 2019)

The Peace agreement was signed between opposing factions on 1 August 2019 [13]
  • Most RENAMO rebels lay down arms soon afterward
  • A splinter faction, the RENAMO Military Junta (RMJ), continued its insurgency until 2021
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
(2017 present)

Flag of Jihad.svg Ansar al-Sunna
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State


Bandits [15]

Ongoing (Map of the current military situation)
  • Mozambican and Rwandan troops launch counteroffensive, taking back many towns and cities

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Portuguese forces assisted the Rhodesians in cross-border operations into Portuguese Mozambique. See Operation Flotilla and Operation Birch.

    References

    1. Downes 1919, p. 179.
    2. Norman 2003, p. 65.
    3. 1 2 Thomas 1995, pp. 16–17.
    4. "'Da mu nisam 'sredio' susret s Titom, Mugabe nikad ne bi priznao Hrvatsku': prekaljeni diplomat Frane Krnić za 'Slobodnu' otkrio svoje veze s nedavno preminulim liderom Zimbabvea". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
    5. Houser, George M. Rhodesia To Zimbabwe: A Chronology. New York: The Africa Fund, 1977, p. 7: ZAPU and the African National Congress of South Africa jointly began an armed struggle in northwestern Rhodesia centered in Wankie. This campaign lasted into 1968, with several hundred ZAPU and South African ANC guerrillas involved. South African troops entered Rhodesia to support the government. Prime Minister Vorster said: "We are good friends (with Rhodesia) and good friends know what their duty is when the neighbour's house is on fire."
    6. "Mozambique: Civil war | Mass Atrocity Endings".
    7. 1 2 Emerson (2014), p. 163.
    8. Arnold, Guy (2016). Wars in the Third World Since 1945. Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. pp. 211–213. ISBN   978-14742-9102-6.
    9. Banks & Muller (1998), p. 635.
    10. 1 2 3 Seegers (2018), Section: Independent Mozambique and the Role of the Armed Forces.
    11. Schwartz, Stephanie (2010). Youth and Post-conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press. pp. 34–38. ISBN   978-1601270498.
    12. War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa, edited by Jacklyn Cock and Laurie Nathan, pp.104-115
    13. "Mozambique's former civil war foes sign landmark peace deal". August 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
    14. "Rwanda Sends 1,000 Soldiers, Police to Fight Mozambique Militants". Voice of America. 9 July 2021.
    15. "Beheadings, kidnappings amid surge in Mozambique attacks: UN". Al Jazeera. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.