List of wars involving Nigeria

This is a list of wars involving the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its predecessor states.

(1903) France Belgium Portugal Italy (1915–1918) Liberia (1917–1918) Ottoman Empire Co-belligerents: Transvaal (1914–1915) Senussi Sultanate of Darfur (1914–1916) Dervish State Supported by: Ethiopian Empire (1915–1916) France Belgium (1914) (1915) (1915) France (1915) (1918) Belgium Free Ethiopia Free France Supported by: Germany (1966–1990) Material Support: (1975) (1976) (1967) (1967) (1970) Supported by: United States China Sudan Nigeria Supported by: Angola East Germany Soviet Union (1978) France Inter-African Force Pro-Libyan Chadian factions

Supported by: Soviet Union East Germany (1983) (1983) (1985) (1992–1993) (1998) Limited involvement: Nigeria United States Mauritania Tunisia Libya Mali MINUSMA[16] (from 2013) AFISMA[17] (from 2013) Niger[18] Chad[16] France[16][19][20] Turkey AQIM (from 2007) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (from 2017)

Al-Mourabitoun (2013–17) Ansar Dine (2012–17) Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) (from 2011)[21] Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade (from 2012)[22] Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (2012–17) Salafia Jihadia[23] Boko Haram (from 2006, part of ISIL since 2015)[24][25] (2007–present) Morocco Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso Chad Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal (2007–present) Ansar Dine (2012–17) Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (2017–present) Supported By: Boko Haram (2009–15)

Kenya Hizbul Islam Supported by: Eritrea[dubious – discuss] (2009) (2009) Other participant countries: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Benin Brunei Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde Chad China Democratic Republic of the Congo Cyprus Egypt El Salvador Finland Gabon The Gambia Georgia Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Ivory Coast Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Liberia Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mongolia Morocco Mozambique New Zealand Niger Nigeria Pakistan Palestine Philippines Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa South Korea Sweden Tajikistan Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Zimbabwe Vigilante groups Alleged involvement France Turkey China[29] Benin Ghana Cape Verde The Gambia Ghana[30] Guinea[31] Guinea-Bissau[32] Ivory Coast[31] Liberia[33] Niger[34] Nigeria[35] Sierra Leone[36] Senegal[35] Togo[37] Chad[38] Burundi[39] Gabon[40] South Africa[41] Rwanda[41] Tanzania[41] Uganda[42] Germany[43] Ansar al-Sharia Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin France Nigeria Sierra Leone Poland United Kingdom Iraq Syria Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Turkey Bahrain Jordan Morocco Greece Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Egypt Libya Nigeria Cameroon Chad Niger Russia Khorasan (2014) (2015) Local militias[47] Self-defense militias[62] Suspected Biafra seperaists victory Ambush Successful Supported by: *French withdrawal in December.