List of wars involving Senegal

The following is a list of wars involving Senegal.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Casamance Conflict (1982– present)	Senegal Guinea-Bissau (1998–1999,^[1] 2021^[2]) Turkey (2021, alleged by MFDC)^[3]	MFDC Three main factions (Sadio, Badiatte, and Diatta Groups)^[4] Various splinter factions^[5] Guinea-Bissau rebels (1998–1999) Supported by: Guinea-Bissau (2000s, alleged)^[2] The Gambia (1994–2017)^[3]	Ongoing low-level violence Unilateral ceasefire by most MFDC factions^[3]^[6] MFDC extremely weakened by 2021^[3]
Mauritania–Senegal Border War (1989–1991)	Senegal FLAM	Mauritania Supported by: Syria Iraq	Indecisive Mauritania and Senegal agree to reopen the border and end skirmishes.
Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998–1999)	Guinea-Bissau Senegal^[7] Guinea^[8] Supported by: France^[9] Portugal^[10]	Military rebels MFDC^[11] Supported by: United States^[9]^[12]	Defeat Ousting of President João Bernardo Vieira
Invasion of Anjouan (2008)	African Union Comoros Senegal Sudan Tanzania Supported by: France (logistical support)^[13] Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (logistical support) United States	Anjouan	Comorian government and African Union victory Mohamed Bacar flees to Mayotte Autonomous government of Anjouan is replaced
Intervention in Yemen (2015–present)	Saudi Arabia^[14] The Alliance United Arab Emirates^[15]^[16]^[17] Sudan (2015–19)^[15] Bahrain^[15] Kuwait^[15]^[18] Qatar (2015–17)^[15] Egypt^[15]^[19] Jordan^[15] Morocco (2015–19)^[15]^[20] Senegal^[a] Academi contractors^[21] (2015–16)^[22] Saudi-paid Yemeni mercenaries^[23] Supported by: United States^[24]^[25]^[26] U.S. Navy^[b] United States Army^[30] (Special Forces) United Kingdom^[c] France Canada South Korea National Intelligence Service^[31]^[32] Malaysia Australia In support of: Republic of Yemen (Presidential Leadership Council) Yemeni Armed Forces^[33] Yemeni Air Force Hirak Popular Resistance Committee Al-Islah Movement	Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council Houthi militants Yemen Army (pro-Saleh and Houthis) (2015–17) Yemeni Republican Guard (2015–17) Allies Iran (alleged by USA, denied by Iran)^[34] North Korea (according to USA and South Korea)^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38] Al-Qaeda AQAP^[39]^[40]	Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government. Houthis take control of northern Yemen.
ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia (2017–present)	ECOWAS forces Senegal Nigeria Ghana Mali (until 2020) Togo^[41] Pro-Barrow forces Supporters of Coalition 2016 Gambian Navy	Pro-Jammeh forces Supporters of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction^[42] MFDC^[43]^[44] Foreign mercenaries^[43] Protestors against continued ECOWAS presence	Ongoing Amidst the Gambian constitutional crisis, ECOWAS intervenes in the country militarily (at the request of Adama Barrow) without resistance from pro-Jammeh forces.^[45] Jammeh leaves the country as forces approach Banjul, and Barrow arrives as President days later. 2,500 ECOWAS troops remain in The Gambia. Clash between ECOWAS forces and alleged Pro-Jammeh elements in The Gambian military in April 2017. Protests against continued presence of ECOWAS forces. Clash between ECOWAS forces and MFDC Senegalese rebels on the Gambia-Senegal border in January 2022.

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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)

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