List of wars involving Eritrea
# 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 | ? |
