This is a list of wars involving the State of Eritrea.
Colonial period Mahdist War (1881–1899), spilled into Eritrea in 1893–94 Italo-Ethiopian War (1887–1889) First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–96) Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36) World War II East African campaign (1940–41)
Since 1950 ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultPresidentof EritreaEritreanlosses Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991) ELF (1961–1981) EPLF (since 1973) TPLF (since 1975) 1961–1974 Ethiopian Empire1974–1991 Derg (1974–1987) PDR Ethiopia (1987–1991) EPLF victory Eritrean insurgency begins in 1961 ELF defeated by EPLF and TPLF during the Eritrean Civil Wars Fall of the Derg regime Eritrea gains de facto independence from Ethiopia in 1991 under EPLF rule, and de jure independence after the referendum held in 1993 under UN auspices Ethiopia becomes a landlocked country. Hanish Islands Crisis (1995) Victory Eritrean occupation of Greater Hanish Second Sudanese Civil War (1996–1998)"Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Retrieved 6 January 2016. SPLA Janjaweed Stalemate Eritrean withdrawal in 1998 First Congo War(1996–1997) AFDL SPLASupported by: (covertly)
Mai-Mai FAZ White Legion Ex-FAR/ALiR Interahamwe CNDD-FDD UNITA ADF FLNCSupported by: (denied)
Mai-Mai Victory Overthrow of the Mobutu regime Zaire renamed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Installation of Laurent-Désiré Kabila as president Beginning of Second Congo War Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000) Defeat Algiers Agreement Djiboutian–Eritrean conflict(2008) Indecisive Fighting subsided after three days Tigray War(2020–2022) OLA (2021–22) Victory Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement The government and the TPLF formally agreed to a cessation of hostilities and systematic, verifiable disarmament (2 November 2022) Second agreement for implementing the peace deal signed by both parties (12 November 2022) Federal authority in the Tigray Region is reestablished Interim Regional Administration of Tigray formed on 23 March 2023 Continued Eritrean military presence in Tigray as of 2023 Status of Tigray Region's Western Zone still disputed
See also Second Afar insurgency 2013 Eritrean Army mutiny
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External links Country profile: Eritrea BBC 4 November 2005 Ethiopia Eritrea Independence War 1961–1993 Eritrean War for Independence Comparative Study Between Yemeni-Eritrean Ways of Documentation in Arbitration Over Red Sea South Islands 52 - Yemen Times December 27 through January 2, 2000, Vol IX Connell, Dan Eritrea-Ethiopia War Looms, Foreign Policy in Focus 21 January 2004 Gilkes, Patrick and Plaut, Martin. The War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Foreign Policy in Focus Volume 5, Number 25 August 2000