List of conflicts in Angola

Map showing the present-day location of the Republic of Angola within Southern Africa.

This is a list of conflicts in Angola arranged chronologically from the early modern period to the present day. This list includes nation-wide and international wars, including: wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that occurred within the territory of what is today known as the, "Republic of Angola" but was itself only part of a operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, massacres, and genocides.

Early modern period

Kingdom of Kongo

Map showing the capital city, "M'banza-Kongo" (written here as S. Salvador) of the Kingdom of Kongo in the year 1711, located within the territory of what is today known as the, "Republic of Angola".

c. 1506 — c. 1543 Afonso I of Kongo's Rise to Power
- 1506 Battle of Mbanza Kongo
1588 — 1654 Dutch–Portuguese War
- 29 October 1647 Battle of Kombi
1622 Kongo-Portuguese War
- 18 December 1622 Battle of Mbumbi
1665 — 1709 Kongo Civil War
- 30 October 1665 Battle of Mbwila
- June 1670 Battle of Mbidizi River
- 18 October 1670 Battle of Kitombo
- 15 February 1709 Battle of São Salvador

Kingdom of Matamba

4 September 1681 Battle of Katole

Contemporary history

Portuguese Angola

4 February 1961 — 25 April 1974 Angolan War of Independence
11 November 1975 — 4 April 2002 Angolan Civil War
- September 1987 — March 1988 Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
8 november 1975 — Ongoing Cabinda War

List of conflicts in Africa

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 Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) 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 Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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