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! style="background: #F78181;" colspan="6" |European Military Campaigns in Afrika
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! Battle !! | Date !! | Location !! | Allies !!  | Enemies !! | Result
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! style="background: #81F7F3;" colspan="6" | [[French Campaign in Egypt and Syria]] (1798–1801)
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| [[Battle of Heliopolis (1800)|Battle of Heliopolis]] || 20 March 1800 || [[Egypt]] || None || {{flag|Ottoman Empire|1453}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Second Battle of Abukir]] || 8 March 1801 || [[Egypt]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Battle of Alexandria (1801)|Battle of Alexandria]] || 21 March 1801 || [[Egypt]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Siege of Alexandria (1801)|Siege of Alexandria]] || 17 August – 2 September 1801 || [[Egypt]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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! colspan="6" | [[War of the Fourth Coalition]] (1806–1807)
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| [[Action of 21 April 1806]] || 21 April 1806|| [[South Afrika]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#ACF"|Indecisive
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! colspan="6" | [[Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811|Mauritius campaign]] (1809–1811)
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| [[Action of 31 May 1809]] || 31 May 1809 || [[Bay of Bengal]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Raid on Saint-Paul]] || 20 – 28 September 1809 || [[Réunion]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Action of 18 November 1809]] || 18 November 1809 || [[Bay of Bengal]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Action of 3 July 1810]] || 3 July 1810|| [[Comoro Islands]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Invasion of Île Bonaparte]] || 7–9 July 1810 || [[Réunion]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Battle of Grand Port]] || 20–27 August 1810 || [[Mauritius]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Action of 13 September 1810]] || 13 September 1810 || [[Réunion]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#ACF"|Indecisive
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| [[Action of 18 September 1810]] || 18 September 1810 || [[Réunion]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Invasion of Isle de France]] || 29 November – 3 December 1810|| [[Mauritius]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Battle of Tamatave]] || 20 May 1811 || [[Madagascar]] || None || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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! colspan="6" | [[French conquest of West Arika]] (1825–1911)
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| [[Franco-Trarzan War of 1825|Franco-Trarzan War]] || 14 June – 7 July 1830 || [[Senegal]] || None || [[Emirate of Trarza]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[French conquest of Algeria]] (1830–1847)
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| [[Invasion of Algiers in 1830|Invasion of Algiers]] || 14 June – 7 July 1830 || [[Algeria]] || None || {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|1798}}[[Regency of Algiers]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Maison Carée]] || 23 April 1832 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Macta]] || 28 June 1835 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Battle of the Sikkak]] || 6 July 1836 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Siege of Constantine (1836)|First Siege of Constantine]] || 21–27 November 1836 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Siege of Constantine (1837)|Second Siege of Constantine]] || 10–13 October 1837 || [[Algeria]] || None|| [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Mazagran]] || February 1840 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of the Mouzaïa Pass]] || 12 May 1840 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of the Smala]] || 16 May 1843 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Sidi-Brahim]] || 22–25 September 1845 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s{{-}}[[Arab]]s|| style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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! colspan="6" | [[Franco-Moroccan Wars#First Franco-Moroccan War|First Franco-Moroccan War]] (1844)
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| [[Bombardment of Tangiers]] || 6 August 1844 || [[Morocco]] || None || {{flag|Morocco}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Bombardment of Mogador]] || 15–17 August 1844 || [[Morocco]] || None || {{flag|Morocco}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Isly]] || 16 August 1844 || [[Morocco]] || None || {{flag|Morocco}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[French conquest of Senegal]] || 1854 || [[Senegal]] [[Mauritania]] || None || [[Emirate of Trarza]]{{-}}[[Kingdom of Waalo]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Siege of Medina Fort]] || 1854 || [[Mali]] || None || [[Toucouleur]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Pacification of Algeria]] (1871–1902)
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| [[Mokrani Revolt]] || 16 March 1871|| [[Algeria]] || None || [[Arab]]s{{-}}[[Berber people|Berber]]s || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Massacre of the Flatters' Mission]]||16 February 1881 ||[[Algeria]] || None || [[Arab]]s{{-}}[[Berber people|Berber]]s || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Battle of Tit]] || 7 May 1902 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]]s || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Taghit]] || 17 August 1903 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of El-Moungar]] || 2 September 1903 || [[Algeria]] || None || [[Berber people|Berber]]s || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Scramble for Afrika]] (1881–1914)
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| [[French occupation of Tunisia|Conquest of Tunisia]] || 1881 || [[Tunisia]] || None || [[File:Flag of Tunis Bey-fr.svg|22px]] [[Beylik of Tunis]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Mandingo Wars]] || 1883–1898 || [[Ivory Coast]] || None || [[File:Flag of the Wassoulou Empire.svg|22px]] [[Wassoulou Empire]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Cotonou]] || 4 March 1890 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Atchoupa]] || 29 March 1890 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Dogba]] || 19 September 1892 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Poguessa]] || 4 October 1892 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Adégon]] || 6 October 1892 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Siege of Akpa]] || 15–26 October 1892 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Cana]] || 2 November 1892 || [[Benin]] || None || [[Dahomey]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[First Madagascar expedition]] || 1893 || [[Madagascar]] || None || [[File:Merina Kingdom flag.gif|22px]] [[Merina Kingdom]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Second Madagascar expedition]] || December 1894 – September 1895 || [[Madagascar]] || None || [[File:Merina Kingdom flag.gif|22px]] [[Merina Kingdom]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Émile Gentil|Gentil Missions]] || 1895–1899 || [[West Afrika]] || None || [[Afrikan]] tibes || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Voulet–Chanoine Mission]] || 1898 || [[West Afrika]] || None || [[Afrikan]] tribes || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Amédée-François Lamy|Foureau-Lamy Mission]] || 1898 || [[West Afrika]] || None || [[Afrikan]] tribes || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Togbao]] || 17 July 1899 || [[Chad]] || [[Kingdom of Baguirmi]] || [[Rabih az-Zubayr|Rabih's empire]] || style="background:#F88"|Defeat
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| [[Battle of Kouno]] || 28 October 1899 || [[Chad]] || None || [[Rabih az-Zubayr|Rabih's empire]] || style="background:#ACF"|Indecisive
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| [[Battle of Kousséri]] || 22 April 1900 || [[Chad]] || [[Kingdom of Baguirmi]] || [[Rabih az-Zubayr|Rabih's empire]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Wadai War]] || 1909–1911 || [[Chad]] || None || [[Ouaddai Empire]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Second Franco-Moroccan War]] || 1911 || [[Morocco]]|| None || [[File:Flag of Morocco.svg|22px]] [[Morocco]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Sidi Bou Othman]] || 6 September 1912 || [[Morocco]]|| None || [[Morocco|Moroccan]] resistance || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Algerian War]] (1954–1962)
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| [[Operation Jumelles]] || 22 July 1959 – March 1960 || [[Algeria]] || None || {{flagicon|Algeria}} [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Western Sahara War]] (1975–1991)
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| [[Opération Lamantin]] || December 1977 – July 1978 || [[Western Sahara]] || None || [[File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg|22px]] [[Polisario Front]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Shaba II]] (1978)
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| [[Battle of Kolwezi]]|| 18 May 1978 || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] || {{flag|Zaire}}{{-}}{{flag|Belgium}} || [[Front for the National Liberation of the Congo|FNLC]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]] (1978–1987)
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| [[Operation Manta]] || 1983–1984|| [[Chad]] || None || {{flag|Libya|1977}} || style="background:#ACF"|Indecisive
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| [[Ouadi Doum air raid]] || 16 February 1986 || [[Libya]] || None || {{flag|Libya|1977}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Operation Epervier]] || 1986–present || [[Chad]] || None || {{flag|Libya|1977}} || Ongoing
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! colspan="6" | [[Gulf War]] (1990–1991)
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| [[Opération Daguet]] || 15 January 1991 || [[Koweit]] || [[Coalition of the Gulf War]] || {{flag|Iraq|1963}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Gulf War air campaign]] || 17–23 January 1991 || [[Iraq]] || [[Coalition of the Gulf War]] ||{{flag|Iraq|1963}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Djiboutian Civil War]] (1991–1994)
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| [[Djiboutian Civil War]] || November 1991 – December 1994 || [[Djibouti]] || {{flagicon|Djibouti}} [[Djibouti]] || [[File:FRUD.png|22px]] [[Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy|FRUD]] Movement || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Somali Civil War]] (1991–present)
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| [[Operation Restore Hope]] || 9 December 1992 – 4 May 1993 || [[Somalia]] || {{Flagicon|United Nations}} [[United Nations]] || {{Flagicon|Somalia}} Various Somali factions || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[First Ivorian Civil War]] (2002–2007)
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| [[2004 French–Ivorian clashes]] || 6 November 2004 || [[Côte d'Ivoire]] || None || {{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Civil war in Chad (2005–present)]]
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| [[Battle of N'Djamena (2008)|Battle of N'Djamena]] || 2–4 February 2008 || [[Chad]] || [[File:Flag of Chad.svg|22px]] [[Military of Chad|Chadian National Army]] || [[Union of Forces for Democracy and Development|UFDD]] rebels{{-}}[[Union of Forces for Democracy and Development-Fundamental|UFDD-F]] rebels{{-}}[[Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)|RFC]] rebels || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[2008 invasion of Anjouan]] (2008)
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| [[Operation Democracy in Comoros]] || 24–25 March 2008 || [[Comoros]] || {{flag|Comoros}}{{-}}[[African Union]] || {{flag|Anjouan}} || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[European Aggression in Somalia|Campaign against Defenders of Somalian Sovereignty]] (2008–present)
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| [[MY Le Ponant|Operation Thalathine]] || 4 April 2008 || [[Gulf of Aden]] || None || [[European Aggression in Somalia|Somali Pirates]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Operation Atalanta]] || June 2008 – present || [[Arabian Sea]] || {{flag|European Union}}{{-}}{{flag|Norway}}{{-}}{{flag|Ukraine}}{{-}}{{flag|Montenegro}} || [[European Aggression in Somalia|Somali Pirates]] || Ongoing
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| [[September 16, 2008 incident off Somalia]] || 16 September 2008 || [[Arabian Sea]] || None || [[European Aggression in Somalia|Somali Pirates]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[April 9, 2009 incident off Somalia]] || 9 April 2009 || [[Arabian Sea]] || {{GER}} || [[European Aggression in Somalia|Somali Pirates]] || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[War in Somalia (2009–)|War in Somalia]] (2009–present)
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| [[Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa]] ||January 31, 2009 – Present || [[Somalia]] || [[File:NATO flag.svg|22px]] [[NATO]]{{-}}Non-NATO allies || {{flagicon image|Somalia Islamic Courts Flag.svg}} [[Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahedeen]] (HSM){{-}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Hizbul Islam]] (HI) <br > {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Mujahideen|Foreign Mujahideen]]{{-}}{{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg}} [[al-Qaeda]]|| Ongoing
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| [[Operation Linda Nchi]] || October 2011 – present || [[Somalia]] || {{flag|Kenya}}{{-}}{{flag|Somalia}}{{-}}{{flag|United States}} ||[[File:ShababFlag.svg|22px]] [[Al-Shabaab]] || Ongoing
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! colspan="6" | [[2011 Military intervention in Libya]] (2011)
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| [[Battle of Misrata]] || 18 March – 15 May 2011 || [[Libya]] || {{flagicon|Libya}} [[Anti-Gaddafi forces]]{{-}}{{flag|NATO}} || {{flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}} [[Gaddafi]] loyalists || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Second Battle of Benghazi]] || 19–20 March 2011 || [[Libya]] || {{flagicon|Libya}} [[Anti-Gaddafi forces]] || {{flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}} [[Gaddafi]] loyalists || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Opération Harmattan]] || 19–31 March 2011 || [[Libya]] || None || {{flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}} [[Gaddafi]] loyalists || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Ajdabiya]] || 21–26 March 2011 || [[Libya]] || {{flagicon|Libya}} [[Anti-Gaddafi forces]]{{-}}{{flag|NATO}} || {{flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}} [[Gaddafi]] loyalists || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Operation Unified Protector]] || 23 March – 31 October 2011 || [[Mediterranean Sea]] / [[Libya]] || {{flag|NATO}} || {{flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}} [[Gaddafi]] loyalists || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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| [[Battle of Sirte (2011)|Battle of Sirte]] || 15 September – 20 October 2011 || [[Libya]] || {{flagicon|Libya}} [[Anti-Gaddafi forces]]{{-}}{{flag|NATO}} || {{flagicon|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya}} [[Gaddafi]] loyalists || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Second Ivorian Civil War]] (2011)
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| [[Battle of Abidjan]] || 31 March – 11 April 2011 || [[Côte d'Ivoire]] || {{Flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire|Forces Nouvelles]]{{-}}{{flag|United Nations}} || {{Flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} [[Gbagbo]] loyalists{{-}}Liberian [[mercenaries]]{{-}}[[Young Patriots of Abidjan]] militia || style="background:#AFA"|Victory
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! colspan="6" | [[Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)]]
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| [[Opération Serval]] || 11 January 2013 – present || [[Mali]] || {{flag|Mali}} || {{flagicon image|MNLA flag.svg}} [[Independent State of Azawad]] <br> {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Islamism|Islamists]] || Ongoing
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