List of conflicts in Sudan

Ancient Times

Nubia

• circa 3,050 B.C.E. Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of Egypt, led a campaign against the Nubians

Kingdom of Kerma

• circa 1,506 B.C.E. — 1,493 B.C.E. During the reign of Thutmose I, the Kingdom of Kerma rebelled against Egyptian rule and Thutmose I traveled up the Nile and fought in the battle, personally killing the Nubian king

Egyptian Empire

• circa 1,282 B.C.E. Seti's military campaigns
• circa 1,279 B.C.E. — 1,213 B.C.E. Ramesses II's campaigns in Nubia

Kingdom of Kush

• 23 B.C.E. The Roman prefect of Egypt invaded the Kingdom of Kush after an initial attack by the queen of Meröe, razing Napata to the ground
• circa 300 C.E. Ezana of Axum launched several military campaigns, destroying the Kingdom of Kush

Medieval Times

Kingdom of Makuria

• 1312 C.E. Mamluk invasion

Modern Times

Sultanate of Darfur

• 1722 C.E. — 1786 C.E. Civil War

Egypt Eyalet

• February 1820 C.E. — October 1822 C.E. Invasion of Libya and Sudan

Khedivate of Egypt

• 1899 — 1901 Rabih War
• 1874 Rabih az-Zubayr conquered the Sultanate of Darfur
• 1881 C.E. — 1899 C.E. The Mahdist War
• November 3, 1883 C.E. — November 5, 1883 C.E. Battle of El Obeid
• February 4, 1884 C.E. — February 29, 1884 C.E. First and Second Battles of El Teb
• March 13, 1884 C.E. Battle of Tamai
• March 13, 1884 C.E. — January 26, 1885 C.E. Siege of Khartoum
• January 17, 1885 C.E. Battle of Abu Klea
• March 22, 1885 C.E. Battle of Tofrek
• February 10, 1885 C.E. Battle of Kirbekan
• December 30, 1885 C.E. Battle of Ginnis
• December 20, 1888 C.E. Battle of Suakin
• March 9, 1889 C.E. — March 10, 1889 C.E. Battle of Gallabat
• July 17, 1894 C.E. Battle of Kassala
• June 7, 1896 C.E. Battle of Ferkeh
• April 8, 1898 C.E. Battle of Atbara
• September 2, 1898 C.E. Battle of Omdurman
• November 25, 1899 C.E. Battle of Umm Diwaykarat

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

• July 28, 1914 C.E. — November 11, 1918 C.E. World War I
• October 29, 1914 C.E. — October 30, 1918 C.E. Middle Eastern theatre
• 1,914 C.E. — 1918 C.E. North African theatre
• November 19, 1915 C.E. — February 1917 C.E. Senussi Campaign
• September 1, 1939 C.E. — September 2, 1945 C.E. World War II
• June 10, 1940 C.E. — May 2, 1945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
• June 10, 1940 C.E. — November 27, 1941 C.E. East African Campaign
• August 3, 1940 C.E. — August 19, 1940 C.E. Italian conquest of British Somaliland
• February 5, 1941 C.E. — April 1, 1941 C.E. Battle of Keren
• May 4, 1941 C.E. — May 19, 1941 C.E. Battle of Amba Alagi
• November 13, 1941 C.E. — November 27, 1941 C.E. Battle of Gondar

Republic of the Sudan

• August 18, 1955 C.E. — March 27, 1972 C.E. First Sudanese Civil War
• 1969 C.E. — 1972 C.E. Anyanya rebellion

Democratic Republic of the Sudan

• April 1, 1983 C.E. — January 2005 C.E. Second Sudanese Civil War

Republic of the Sudan

• 1987 C.E. — July 9, 2011 C.E. Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
• 2003 C.E. — August 31, 2020 C.E. War in Darfur
• May 10, 2008 C.E. — May 12, 2,008 C.E. Attack on Omdurman and Khartoum
• December 18, 2005 C.E. — January 15, 2010 C.E. Chad-Sudan conflict
• November 27, 2006 C.E. — November 29, 2006 C.E. Battle of Malakal
• January 2009 C.E. — ongoing Sudanese nomadic conflicts
• April 23, 2010 C.E. South Darfur clash
• January 7, 2011 C.E. — ongoing South Sudan internal conflict
• May 19, 2011 — 2020 Sudan–SRF conflict
• March 26, 2012 C.E. — September 26, 2012 C.E. Sudan–South Sudan Border War
• March 26, 2012 C.E. — March 28, 2012 C.E. First Battle of Heglig
• April 17, 2012 C.E. — April 18, 2012 C.E. Abyei border clash
• April 15, 2023 C.E. — ongoing 2023 Sudan conflict

References

See also

• Sudanese Armed Forces
• Sudanese Air Force
• The fighting forces of Egypt and Nubia
• Sudanic fighting forces versus Persian, Roman and Islamic forces
• Military history of Africa
• African military systems to 1,800 C.E.
• African military systems 1,800 C.E. — 1,900 C.E.
• African military systems after 1,900 C.E.