List of wars involving the Gambia

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of the Gambia.

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Result 1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt(1981) Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party Coup d'état attempt fails Dissolution of the Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party Emergence of the Senegambia Confederation Casamance conflict(1994–2017) MFDC Three main factions (Sadio, Badiatte, and Diatta Groups) Various splinter factions Guinea-Bissau rebels (1998–1999)Supported by: Guinea-Bissau (2000s, alleged) (1994–2017) (1998–1999) Ceasefire Unilateral ceasefire by most MFDC factions Ongoing low-level violence 1994 Gambian coup d'état(1994) Government of the Gambia Armed Forces factionSupported by: (alleged) Coup successful Government of Dawda Jawara is overthrown Military junta established Yahya Jammeh installed as president 2014 Gambian coup d'état attempt(2014) Gambian Government Military of the Gambia Faction of the Presidential Guard Coup failure 2016–17 Gambian constitutional crisis(2016–2017) Pro-Yahya Jammeh forces Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

MFDCForeign mercenaries Pro-Barrow forces Coalition 2016 Gambian Navy (from 19 January 2017)

ECOWAS military intervention (from 19 January 2017) Pro-Barrow and ECOWAS victory Adama Barrow is sworn-in as President of The Gambia in The Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal, and requests military support from ECOWAS. ECOWAS assembles a coalition of forces from Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana, and militarily intervenes without resistance from pro-Jammeh forces. Jammeh leaves the country as forces approach Banjul, and Barrow arrives as President days later. Continued ECOWAS military presence in the country

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