List of wars involving Somalia

This is a list of military conflicts in which Somali armed forces participated in after independence.

Somalia defeat

Somalia victory

Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, result unknown or indecisive)

Ongoing conflict

Date	Conflict	Allies	Enemies	Result
1285-1286	Ifat invasion of Shewa Sultanate	Sultanate of Ifat	Sultanate of shewa	Ifat victory Gidaya, Dawaro, Sawans, Bali, and Fatagar incorporated into the Ifat Sultanate.
1507-1542	Somali–Portuguese conflicts	Ajuran Sultanate	Portuguese Empire	Victory
1529-1543	Ethiopian–Adal War	Adal Sultanate	Ethiopian Empire	Stalemate Return to status quo ante bellum.
1874–1885	Egyptian invasion of Hararghe	Emirate of Harar Oromos Sultanate of Aussa Afar people	Khedivate of Egypt	Defeat Emirate of Harar occupied by Egypt.
1886-1908	Lafoole Masscre	Somalis	Italian Empire	Victory
1900–1920	Somaliland Campaign	Dervish State Supported by: Ottoman Empire German Empire (1915-1916)	British Empire Ethiopian Empire (1900-1904) Italian Empire	Defeat Collapse of Dervish movement Consolidation of British Somaliland Consolidation of Italian Somaliland
1922	1922 Burao tax revolt	Isaaq	British Empire	Somali victory
1963–1967	Shifta War	Northern Frontier District Liberation Movement Supported by: Somali Republic	Kenya Supported by: United Kingdom	Cease-fire Protectorate Tax Policy abandoned
1964	1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Somalia Supported by: Egypt^[1]	Ethiopia Supported by: United States^[2]	Cease-fire Return to status quo ante bellum
1977–1978	Ogaden War	Somalia WSLF Supported by: Egypt^[3] Saudi Arabia^[4]^[5] Iraq^[5]^[6]	Ethiopia Cuba Soviet Union South Yemen^[7] Supported by: Israel^[8]^[9] East Germany North Korea^[10]	Defeat^[11]^[12] Somalia breaks all ties with the Soviet Bloc (except China and Romania).^[13] Beginning of the Somali Rebellion
1982	1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Somalia Supported by: United States	Ethiopia	Somalia victory Ethiopian invasion halted^[14]^[15] Ethiopia occupies the border towns of Galdogob and Balanbale until 1988^[16] The United States delivers emergency military and economic aid to Somalia^[14]^[17]
1993	Operation Gothic Serpent	Somalia	United States United Nations	Victory UNOSOM II Tactical Victory Somali National Alliance Strategic Victory
2009–present	Somali Civil War (2009–present)	Somalia Somali Armed Forces^[18] Regional forces: Galmudug Galmudug Security Force Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (until 2018)^[19] Ma'awisley^[20] Hirshabelle Khatumo Southwestern Somalia Himan and Heeb (until 2015) United States^[18]^[21]^[22] U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy CIA AFRICOM China^[23]^[24] People's Armed Police Turkey ^[25]^[26] Turkish Land Forces AUSSOM (2025–present)^[18] Burundi (under discussion) Djibouti Egypt (under discussion) Ethiopia Kenya Uganda ATMIS (2022–2024)^[18] Burundi Djibouti Ethiopia Kenya Uganda AMISOM (2007–2022)^[18] Burundi Djibouti Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Nigeria Sierra Leone Uganda Supported by: France^[27] Italy^[28] Russia^[29]^[30] UAE^[31] United Kingdom^[32] Non-combat support: European Union^[33] EUTM Somalia UNPOS (1995–2013) UNSOM (2013–2024) Brazil Finland Germany Ghana India Indonesia Nepal Sierra Leone Sweden Thailand Turkey Uganda United Kingdom Zimbabwe UNTMIS (2025–present) UNSOA (2009–2016) UNSOS (2016–present) Independent regional forces Puntland Puntland Security Force Puntland Dervish Force Puntland Maritime Police Force Jubaland Jubaland Dervish Force Raskamboni Movement	Al-Qaeda and allies Al-Shabaab AQAP AQIM Hizbul Islam (until 2010; 2012–2013) Alleged state allies: Eritrea^[34] Iran^[35] Quds Force^[36] Qatar^[37] Alleged non-state allies: Houthis^[38]^[39] Somali pirates^[40] Islamic State (since 2015)^[41]^[42] Somalia Wilayah Allies IS-YP^[43] Somali pirates^[40] Somaliland Somaliland Armed Forces SSB^[44]^[45] Alleged support: Ethiopia^[46] United Arab Emirates^[47]	Ongoing Merger and split between/of Hizbul Islam and al-Shabaab forces Kenyan military intervention in October 2011 Al-Shabaab becomes an official al-Qaeda affiliate in February 2012 Federal Government formed in August 2012 Formation of the Islamic State in Somalia in October 2015 Somali government launches a major offensive in August 2022, and takes at least a third of al-Shabaab territory Las Anod conflict between Somaliland and SSC-Khatumo begins in 2023^[48] Ongoing constitutional crisis in Somalia since 2023, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government and declared itself a de facto independent state. Jubaland crisis ongoing since 11 December 2024

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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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