List of wars involving Mozambique

The following is a list of wars involving Mozambique.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Angoche-Portuguese conflicts (July 1847–1910)	Portuguese Empire Portuguese Empire (1830–1910) Maganja da Costa Licungo Imbamella (from 1864)	Angoche Sultanate	Portuguese victory; Portuguese conquest of the Angoche Sultanate in Mozambique
East African campaign (World War I) (3 August 1914–25 November 1918)	United Kingdom South Africa India Rhodesia East Africa Protectorate Nyasaland Uganda Nigeria Belgium Belgian Congo Portugal Mozambique	Germany German East Africa	Allied victory German East Africa partitioned by Britain, Belgium and Portugal
African theatre of World War I (3 August 1914–25 November 1918)	Entente Powers: British Empire United Kingdom India Gold Coast Nigeria East Africa Rhodesia Nyasaland Uganda Egypt Sudan Somaliland South Africa Australia New Zealand France West Africa Equatorial Africa Morocco Belgium Congo Portugal Angola Mozambique Italy (1915–1918) Tripolitania Cyrenaica Eritrea Somaliland Liberia (1917–1918)	Central Powers: Germany Togoland Kamerun South West Africa East Africa Ottoman Empire Co-belligerents: South African Republic^[a] Senussi Order^[b] Sultanate of Darfur^[c] Dervish Movement^[d]	Allied victory Annexation of the German colonies by the Entente Termination of residual Ottoman rights in Tripolitania Annexation of the Sultanate of Darfur by Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Battle of Ngomano (25 November 1917^[1])	Portugal Mozambique	Germany East Africa	German victory
Portuguese Colonial War (4 February 1961–25 April 1974)	Angola: MPLA FNLA UNITA Guinea: PAIGC Mozambique: FRELIMO	Portugal	Carnation Revolution Military stalemate^[2]^[3] Rebel political victory^[4] Alvor Agreement Algiers Accord Lusaka Accord Portuguese overseas territories in Africa become independent^[5]
Mozambican War of Independence (1964–1975)	FRELIMO	Portugal	Lusaka Accord Military stalemate FRELIMO political victory Ceasefire following the Carnation Revolution Independence of Mozambique Mozambican Civil War begins
Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979)	ZANU (ZANLA)^[6] ZAPU (ZIPRA) Mozambique^[7] ANC (MK)^[7] Zambia^[8]	Rhodesia (1964–1979) Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979) Portugal (1964–1974)^[e] South Africa (from 1967)^[9]	Lancaster House Agreement Rhodesia disestablished; Zimbabwe gains internationally recognised independence in its place.
Mozambican Civil War (1977^[10]–1992)	Mozambique (People's Republic until 1990) FRELIMO UNAMO (1988–1992)^[11] ZANU (until 1979) Zimbabwe (from 1980) Soviet Union Tanzania Malawi (from 1987)^[12]	RENAMO PRM (until 1982) UNAMO (1987–1988)^[11] COREMO^[13] UNIPOMO^[14] FUMO^[14] Rhodesia (until 1979)^[15] Flechas^[14] South Africa (from 1978)^[16]	Stalemate Rome General Peace Accords, multiparty elections in 1994
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)	Tanzania Uganda National Liberation Front Kikosi Maalum Front for National Salvation Save Uganda Movement Others Mozambique	Uganda Libya Palestine Liberation Organization	Tanzanian victory Collapse of the Second Republic of Uganda
RENAMO Insurgency (2013–2021)	Mozambique	RENAMO (until 2019) RENAMO Military Junta (from 2019)	The Peace agreement was signed between opposing factions on 1 August 2019^[17] Most RENAMO rebels lay down arms soon afterward A splinter faction, the RENAMO Military Junta (RMJ), continued its insurgency until 2021
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado (2017– present)	Mozambique Rwanda (from 2021)^[18] Southern African Development Community (from 2021) South Africa Botswana Lesotho Tanzania Angola Zambia Malawi DRC Namibia	Ansar al-Sunna Islamic State Bandits^[19]	Ongoing (Map of the current military situation) Mozambican and Rwandan troops launch counteroffensive, taking back many towns and cities

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v t e Lists of wars involving African countries
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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)

List of wars involving Mozambique

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