List of wars involving Tanzania

The following is a list of wars involving Tanzania since its formation in 1964.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	President	Tanzanian losses
Mozambican Civil War (1977–78; 1987–88)	FRELIMO   Tanzania   Zimbabwe	RENAMO   Rhodesia	Stalemate Rome General Peace Accords	Julius Nyerere	99 killed [1]
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79)	Tanzania UNLA   Mozambique	Uganda Libya PLO	Victory Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda		373 killed [2]
Ugandan Bush War (1980–1986)	Uganda (Obote government)   Tanzania	Ugandan rebels: NRA, Uganda Army, UNRF (I), FUNA, UFM, others	Defeat Tanzanian withdrawal in 1981; advisors initially remain in Uganda Pro-Tanzanian government in Uganda overthrown in 1985 Tanzania begins to support its former enemy, the NRA, with weaponry		?
Invasion of Anjouan (2008)	Tanzania   Sudan   Comoros   Senegal	Anjouan	Victory Toppling of Mohamed Bacar	Jakaya Kikwete	None
M23 Rebellion (2013)	Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade   South Africa [3]   Tanzania [4]   Malawi [5]	March 23 Movement Alleged support:   Uganda [6]   Rwanda [6]	Victory M23 disarms and demobilises [7]		1 killed [8]
ADF Insurgency (2015–)	DR Congo   Uganda   South Africa   Tanzania   Malawi	ADF	Ongoing UNFIB intervention in 2015		15+ killed [9]

References

1. Mozambique to return bodies of Tanzanian soldiers, Panapress, 2004.
2. Acheson-Brown, Daniel G. (2001). "The Tanzanian Invasion of Uganda: A Just War?" (PDF). International Third World Studies Journal and Review. 12: 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
3. South Africa deploys troops to DR Congo: News Archived 24 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Africareview.com (2 June 2012). Retrieved on 2013-09-04.
4. "Last batch of Tanzanian troops now in Goma for the Force Intervention Brigade". MONUSCO. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
5. "UN troops clash with rebels in DR Congo – Africa". Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
6. According to a leaked U.N. report. "Rwanda defence chief leads DR Congo rebels, UN report says". BBC. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
7. Andrew Harding (5 November 2013). "BBC News – DR Congo M23 rebels 'end insurgency'". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
8. "Casualties as Congo and UN forces fight rebels – Yahoo News". News.yahoo.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
9. "At Least 15 U.N. Peacekeepers Are Killed in Congo". The New York Times. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.