List of wars involving Ethiopia

This is a list of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (modern-day Ethiopia) and its predecessor states.

Ethiopian Empire (1137–1975)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Ifat invasion of Shewa Sultanate (1285-1286)	Sultanate of Ifat	Shewa Sultanate	Shewa Defeat Gidaya, Dawaro, Sawans, Bali, and Fatagar incorporated into the Ifat Sultanate.
Conquests of the Emperor Amda Seyon I (1316–1332)	Ethiopia	Sultanate of Ifat Kingdom of Damot Hadiya Sultanate Enderta Province Beta Israel	Victories Incorporation of the southern kingdoms into the Ethiopian Empire. Re-establishment of Imperial hegemony in Ifat and Tigray. Halted the spread of Judaism in modern day Mi'irabawi.
Abyssinia–Ifat kingdom (1376–1403)	Ethiopia	Sultanate of Ifat	Victory Ifat sultanete defeated
Abyssinian–Adal War (1529–1543)	Ethiopia Portugal	Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire	Stalemate status quo ante bellum[1]
Iyasu II's Invasion of Sennar (1738)	Ethiopia	Sennar Sultanate	Defeat Iyasu II's army crushed by a smaller Sennar force at the battle of Dindar. His crown, a piece of the True Cross, and the Kwer'ata re'esu, a painting of Christ, are lost.
Zemene Mesafint (1769–1855)	Various factions	Various factions	Reunification of Ethiopia Tewodros II became Emperor.
British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868)	Ethiopia	United Kingdom	Defeat Tewodros II committed suicide
Ethiopian–Egyptian War (1874–1876)	Ethiopia	Egypt	Victory Egyptian Khedive defeated. Yohannes consolidates power in the Ethiopian Empire. Collapse of Egyptian Khedive.
Ethio-Mahdist Conflicts (1885–1889)	Ethiopian Empire Kingdom of Shewa Mareb Melash Welega Rulers (Nedjo) Beni-Amir Allies (Kufit) Tukrir Allies (Gallabat)	Mahdist Sudan BeniShangul Rulers (Nedjo)	Victories Conflicts are decentralized, break into three main "fronts" fought during different though overlapping periods, with Mahdist armies holding different goals on each. However, Mahdist forces are typically repulsed and raids/conflicts broadly cease after Battle of Gallabat, Emperor Yohannes killed there.
Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889	Ethiopia	Italy	Compromise[2] Treaty of Wuchale; establishment of Italian Eritrea
Agar Maqnat (Late 1870s–1897)	Kingdom of Shewa	Emirate of Harar Kingdom of Gojjam Mahdist Sudan Kingdom of Kaffa Kingdom of Jimma Arsi Oromo	Victories Incorporation of the southern kingdoms such as the Kingdom of Kaffa into the Ethiopian Empire. Incorporation of the Oromo borderlands such as the Kingdom of Jimma and Arsi into the Ethiopian Empire Incorporation of the Emirate of Harar and Ogaden region into the Ethiopian Empire Centralization of Ethiopia in Shewa Founding of Addis Ababa in 1897.
First Italo-Ethiopian War (1896)	Ethiopia	Italy	Victory Ensured Ethiopia's independence Italian defeated.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–1936)	Ethiopia	Italy	Defeat Italian conquest of and consolidation of control over most of Ethiopian Empire's territory, establishment of Italian East Africa
East African Campaign	United Kingdom Ethiopia Belgian Congo Free French	Italy	Ethiopian Allied Victory Fall of Italian East Africa Independence of Ethiopia
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea UNC United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Ethiopia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg	North Korea China Soviet Union	Stalemate The Korean Armistice Agreement
Congo Crisis (1960–1964)	Congo-Léopoldville ONUC Ireland Sweden Norway India Nigeria Ethiopia	Katanga South Kasai	Victory Debellation of Congolese separatist states.
Bale Revolt (1963–1970)	Ethiopia	Oromo and Somali rebels	Victory Revolt crushed, peace agreement
1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Somalia Supported by: United States	Ethiopia	Defeat Ethiopian invasion halted and retreated[3][4] Ethiopia briefly occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988[5] The United States delivers emergency military and economic aid to Somalia[3][6] name="autogenerated3">"Somalia profile - Timeline". BBC Africa. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.</ref>[7]

Communist Ethiopia (1975–1991)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991)	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen	ELF EPLF	Defeat Eritrean independence following referendum
Ethio-Somali War (1977–1978)	Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen	Somalia WSLF	Victory Somali retreat from Ogaden with assistance by Soviet adviers, Cuban and South Yemani personnel
Ethiopian Civil War (1974–1991)	PDRE	Ethiopian Empire EPRP EPLF TPLF MEISON ANDM EDUP OLF ONLF WSLF ALF	Regime change Fall of government, installation of new TPLF-led government, the EPRDF

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (from 1995)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Insurgency in Ogaden (1995–2008)	Ethiopia	ONLF	Victory Military defeat of ONLF forces.
Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000)	Ethiopia	Eritrea	Victory Algiers Agreement
War in Somalia (2006–2009)	Ethiopia TFG AMISOM Uganda Burundi Kenya Djibouti Sierra Leone	ICU OLF al-Shabaab	Victory Islamists withdrawal from Somalia.
Oromia–Somali clashes (2016–2018)	Ethiopia	Oromia Region Somali Region Tigray	Victory Abdi Illey arrested
OLA insurgency (2018–)	Ethiopia	OLA	Ongoing
Benishangul-Gumuz conflict (2019–2022)	Ethiopia Amhara militias	Gumuz militias Gumuz Liberation Front Buadin OLA TPLF	Victory Peace agreement reached
Tigray War (2020–2022)	Ethiopia Amhara militias Eritrea	TPLF Tigray Regional Government Local militias TDF	Victory Tigray and Ethiopia have signed a peace treaty. About 600,000 people killed.
2020–21 Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes (2020–)	Ethiopia Amhara militias	Sudan	Ongoing Most of the border recaptured by Sudan.
2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia (2022)	Ethiopia	Al-Shabaab	Victory Ethiopia destroys most of the invading al-Shabaab force A small al-Shabaab contingent is able to reach the invasion's main target, the Bale Mountains

Footnotes

Gikes, Patrick (2002). "Wars in the Horn of Africa and the dismantling of the Somali State". African Studies. University of Lisbon. 2: 89–102. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
Sarkees, Meredith Reid; Wayman, Frank Whelon (2010). Resort to War: A Data Guide to Inter-State, Extra-state, Intra-State, and Non-State Wars, 1816–2007. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. p. 262: "The conclusion of the war is coded as a compromise".
Cowell, Alan (8 October 1982). "Ethiopian Drive Against Somalia Bogs Down". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
"Ethiopian and Somali Forces Withdrawn Under Agreement". The New York Times. 26 April 1988.
"The History Guy: Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts". Retrieved 21 July 2017.
"Somalia: Status of the Armed Forces" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. March 1982.
"Onwar". Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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[1] Gikes, Patrick (2002). "Wars in the Horn of Africa and the dismantling of the Somali State". African Studies. University of Lisbon. 2: 89–102. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[2] Sarkees, Meredith Reid; Wayman, Frank Whelon (2010). Resort to War: A Data Guide to Inter-State, Extra-state, Intra-State, and Non-State Wars, 1816–2007. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. p. 262: "The conclusion of the war is coded as a compromise".

[:3-3] Cowell, Alan (8 October 1982). "Ethiopian Drive Against Somalia Bogs Down". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[4] "Ethiopian and Somali Forces Withdrawn Under Agreement". The New York Times. 26 April 1988.

[autogenerated2-5] "The History Guy: Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts". Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[Status_of_the_Armed_Forces-6] "Somalia: Status of the Armed Forces" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. March 1982.

[autogenerated4-7] "Onwar". Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

Lists of wars involving African countries
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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)