List of wars involving Tanzania

The following is a list of wars involving Tanzania since its formation in 1964.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	President	Tanzanian losses
Mozambican Civil War (1977–78; 1987–88)	FRELIMO Tanzania Zimbabwe	RENAMO Rhodesia	Stalemate Rome General Peace Accords	Julius Nyerere	99 killed^[1]
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79)	Tanzania UNLA Mozambique	Uganda Libya PLO	Victory Overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda		373 killed^[2]
Ugandan Bush War (1980–1986)	Uganda (Obote government) Tanzania	Ugandan rebels: NRA, Uganda Army, UNRF (I), FUNA, UFM, others	Defeat Tanzanian withdrawal in 1981; advisors initially remain in Uganda Pro-Tanzanian government in Uganda overthrown in 1985 Tanzania begins to support its former enemy, the NRA, with weaponry		?
Invasion of Anjouan (2008)	Tanzania Sudan Comoros Senegal	Anjouan	Victory Toppling of Mohamed Bacar	Jakaya Kikwete	None
M23 Rebellion (2013)	Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade South Africa^[3] Tanzania^[4] Malawi^[5]	March 23 Movement Alleged support: Uganda^[6] Rwanda^[6]	Victory M23 disarms and demobilises^[7]		1 killed^[8]
ADF Insurgency (2015–)	DR Congo Uganda South Africa Tanzania Malawi	ADF	Ongoing UNFIB intervention in 2015		15+ killed^[9]

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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