This is a list of wars involving Benin or its predecessors.
List ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultNotable battles First Franco-Dahomean War (1890) Dahomey France Kingdom of Porto-Novo Defeat Second Franco-Dahomean War (1892–1894) Dahomey France Defeat Battle of Abomey (1892) War in the Sahel (2011–present) Alliance of Sahel States Mali Niger Burkina Faso Benin Togo Ivory Coast Algeria Mauritania
Supported by: Africa Corps (since 2021) Turkey (since 2022) France (2013-2023) United States (until 2024) MINUSMA (2013-2023) AFISMA (2012-2013)G5 Sahel (until 2023)
Al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin Ansarul Islam Boko Haram
Islamic State Islamic State - Sahel Province Lakurawa (2023-present) Islamic State - West Africa Province
Azawad Liberation Front
Nigerien anti-coup movement: Patriotic Front for Justice Free Armed Forces Ongoing Mali War: Tuareg rebels and allied Islamists overrun Northern Mali in 2012 until pushed back by a French intervention Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso: Mali War spills over into Burkina Faso by 2015 as Islamists capture about 40% of Burkinabé territory Islamist insurgency in Niger Boko Haram insurgency arises and extends in Chad, Niger, and Cameroon French and American intervention on behalf of governments Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict and the JNIM-ISGS war Jihadist insurgency in Northern Benin Rise of the coup belt Northern Mali conflict (2012–present) Government of Mali Military of Mali ECOWAS
Supported by:
Non-state combatants: Ganda Iso FLNA MSA (from 2016) GATIA (from 2014) National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad(MNLA) Islamic Movement of Azawad(MIA) Ongoing
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