title: List of wars involving Eritrea
text: # List of wars involving Eritrea
  
  This is a list of wars involving the State of Eritrea.
  
  ## Colonial period
  
  * Mahdist War (1881–1899), spilled into Eritrea in 1893–94
  * Italo-Ethiopian War (1887–1889)
  * Italo-Ethiopian War (1895–96)
  * Italo-Turkish War (1911–12)
  * Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36)
  * World War II
  
     * East African campaign (1940–41)
  
  ## Since 1950
  
  | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | President of Eritrea | Eritrean losses |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Eritrean War of Independence (1961–1991) | ELF EPLF | Ethiopia Cuba South Yemen | Victory Eritrean independence following referendum | None | 150,000 |
  | First Eritrean Civil War (1972–1974) | ELF | EPLF | Truce ELF and EPLF form an alliance | None | 3,000 |
  | Second Eritrean Civil War (1980–1981) | ELF | EPLF TPLF | EPLF victory ELF decisively defeated | None | ? |
  | Hanish Islands Crisis (1995) | Eritrea | Yemen | Victory Eritrean occupation of Greater Hanish | Isaias Afwerki | 12 |
  | Second Sudanese Civil War (1996–1998) | SPLA Ethiopia Eritrea Uganda | Sudan Janjaweed | Stalemate Eritrean withdrawal in 1998 | Isaias Afwerki | ? |
  | First Congo War (1996–1997) | AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola Eritrea | Zaire ALiR Interahamwe UNITA | Victory Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko Start of the Second Congo War | Isaias Afwerki | ? |
  | Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000) | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Defeat Algiers Agreement | Isaias Afwerki | 20,000 to 150,000 |
  | Djiboutian–Eritrean conflict (2008) | Eritrea | Djibouti | Indecisive Fighting subsided after three days | Isaias Afwerki | 100 |
  | Tigray War (2020–2022) | Ethiopia Eritrea | Tigray | Victory Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement | Isaias Afwerki | ? |
  