The following is a list of wars involving Senegal. Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results Casamance Conflict(1982– present) (1998–1999, 2021) (2021, alleged by MFDC) MFDC Three main factions (Sadio, Badiatte, and Diatta Groups) Various splinter factions Guinea-Bissau rebels (1998–1999)Supported by: Guinea-Bissau (2000s, alleged) (1994–2017) Ongoing low-level violence Unilateral ceasefire by most MFDC factions MFDC extremely weakened by 2021 Mauritania–Senegal Border War(1989–1991) FLAM Supported by: Indecisive Mauritania and Senegal agree to reopen the border and end skirmishes. Guinea-Bissau Civil War(1998–1999) Conflict Transformation, Guinea-Bassau, The Military Crisis in Guinea-Bassau, Terhi LehtinenSupported by: Military rebels MFDCSupported by: Defeat Ousting of President João Bernardo Vieira Invasion of Anjouan(2008) African Union
Supported by:
Comorian government and African Union victory Mohamed Bacar flees to Mayotte Autonomous government of Anjouan is replaced Intervention in Yemen (2015–present) Saudi Arabia Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council Houthi militants Yemen Army(pro-Saleh and Houthis) Yemeni Republican Guard (2015–17)
Al-Qaeda AQAP Ongoing Houthis dissolve Yemeni government. Houthis take control of northern Yemen. ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia(2017–present) ECOWAS forces
(until 2020)
Pro-Barrow forces Supporters of Coalition 2016 Gambian Navy Pro-Jammeh forces Supporters of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction MFDC Foreign mercenaries Protestors against continued ECOWAS presence Ongoing Amidst the Gambian constitutional crisis, ECOWAS intervenes in the country militarily (at the request of Adama Barrow) without resistance from pro-Jammeh forces. Jammeh leaves the country as forces approach Banjul, and Barrow arrives as President days later. 2,500 ECOWAS troops remain in The Gambia. Clash between ECOWAS forces and alleged Pro-Jammeh elements in The Gambian military in April 2017. Protests against continued presence of ECOWAS forces. Clash between ECOWAS forces and MFDC Senegalese rebels on the Gambia-Senegal border in January 2022.
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