List of wars involving Tanzania

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

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPresidentTanzanian
losses
Mozambican Civil War
(197778; 198788)
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg FRELIMO
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Flag of RENAMO (1st version).png RENAMO
Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg  Rhodesia
Stalemate
99 killed [1]
Uganda–Tanzania War
(197879)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Uganda.svg UNLA
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya
Flag of Palestine.svg PLO
Victory
373 killed [2]
Ugandan Bush War
(19801986)
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (Obote government)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Ugandan rebels: NRA, Uganda Army, UNRF (I), FUNA, UFM, othersDefeat
  • 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)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Flag of Anjouan (1997-2012).svg  Anjouan Victory
None
M23 Rebellion
(2013)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo

Flag of the United Nations.svg MONUSCO

M23 Logo.png March 23 Movement
Alleged support:
Victory
  • M23 disarms and demobilises [7]
1 killed [8]
ADF Insurgency
(2015)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Flag of the Allied Democratic Forces.svg 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. 1 2 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.