YEAR // Contemporary
2002
15 wars active · 2 battles
Wars active
15 catalogued
1975-2002 · Closing year
Angolan Civil War
The Angolan Civil War was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from…
1982-2014 · Year 21 of 33
Casamance conflict
The Casamance conflict is an ongoing low-level conflict that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since…
1983-2005 · Year 20 of 23
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of…
1983-2009 · Year 20 of 27
Sri Lankan civil war
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers…
1991-2002 · Closing year
Sierra Leone Civil War
The Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002) was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special…
1992-2002 · Closing year
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War, known in Algeria as the Black Decade, was a civil war fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 11 January 1992 to 8…
1993-2005 · Year 10 of 13
Burundi Civil War
The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic…
1996-2006 · Year 7 of 11
Nepalese Civil War
The Nepalese Civil War (1996–2006) was a protracted and countrywide armed conflict in the then Kingdom of Nepal between the Kingdom's rulers and the Communist Party of Nepal…
1998-2003 · Year 5 of 6
Second Congo War
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just…
1999-2009 · Year 4 of 11
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from…
1999-2003 · Year 4 of 5
Second Liberian Civil War
The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003. The war was mainly caused by transition failures after the…
2001–2021 major U.S. war period · Year 2 of 21
Afghanistan War
The longest U.S. war began after 9/11, displaced the Taliban government, evolved into counterinsurgency, and ended with Taliban return to power.
2001-2021 · Year 2 of 21
War on Terrorism
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. A…
2002-2007 · Opening year
First Ivorian Civil War
The First Ivorian Civil War was a civil conflict in the Ivory Coast that began with a military rebellion on 19 September 2002 and ended with a peace agreement on 4 March 2007.…
2002 · Sole year
Insurgency in the Maghreb
An Islamist insurgency is taking place in the Maghreb region of North Africa, followed on from the end of the Algerian Civil War in 2002. The Algerian militant group Salafist…
Battles
2 recorded