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
Julius Nyerere
99 killed[1]
Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–79)		  Tanzania
UNLA
 Mozambique		 Uganda
Libya
PLO		 Victory
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
Jakaya Kikwete
None
M23 Rebellion
(2013)		  DR Congo
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Malawi		 M23 Victory
  • Surrender of M23
1 killed[3]
ADF Insurgency
(2015–)		  DR Congo
 Uganda
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Malawi		 ADF Ongoing
  • UNFIB intervention in 2015
15+ killed[4]

References
  1. Mozambique to return bodies of Tanzanian soldiers, Panapress, 2004.
  2. Acheson-Brown, Daniel G. (2001). "The Tanzanian Invasion of Uganda: A Just War?" (PDF). International Third World Studies Journal and Review. 12: 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. "Casualties as Congo and UN forces fight rebels – Yahoo News". News.yahoo.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. "At Least 15 U.N. Peacekeepers Are Killed in Congo". The New York Times. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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