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Welcome to the African military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the military histories of all African states, as well as military activity in Africa by non-African powers. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding African-task-force=yes or African=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:African military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. Buistr (talk · contribs) (North African and colonial military history 1830-1962)
2. Dodger67 (talk · contribs) (Modern African military history and technology, particularly South Africa and neighbouring countries)
3. Grant65 (talk · contribs) (Mostly the various African campaigns of World War II. To a lesser degree the Second Boer War and the World War I campaigns)
4. Indy beetle (talk · contribs) (20th century conflicts)
5. ISUtahraptor (talk · contribs) (Primary bush wars focused)
6. IZAK (talk · contribs) (military history of Southern Africa)
7. llywrch (talk · contribs) (Ethiopia and related countries)
8. sf46 (talk · contribs) (Interested mainly in southern Africa, particularly Rhodesia)
9. Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (colonial and post-colonial, particularly Central Africa.)
10. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Mostly Rome and Byzantium.
11. OakMapping (talk · contribs) (Ongoing and recent conflicts)
12. CXDS (talk · contribs) (Somali Civil War and Medieval East African Battles)
13. Majid8097 (talk · contribs) (Somalia and almost all other African countries, prioritizing Somalia and its neighbours )

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These articles serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Battle of Bronkhorstspruit Action at Sihayo's kraal Action of 1 August 1801 Al-Adid Battle of Adys Ahmose I Air Rhodesia Flight 825 Anglo-Zanzibar War Battle of Bardia Operation Barras Battle of Utica (203 BC) Battle of the Saw Battle of Zama Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC) Battle of the Bagradas River (240 BC) Operation Brevity British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War Byzantine navy Casablanca (film) Central Africa Regiment Cleopatra Death of Cleopatra Conscription in Rhodesia USS Constitution Ewuare Fatimid conquest of Egypt Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet Al-Hafiz Hamilcar's defeat of Spendius and Autaritus Caesar Hull Italian War of 1542–1546 Fall of Kampala Battle of Khafji Nelson Mandela Mercenary War Military career of Ian Smith Muhammad III of Granada Operation Grandslam Operation Infinite Reach Pepi I Meryre John Plagis Robert Poore Ranavalona I Ranavalona III Ernest Roberts (Australian politician) Roman withdrawal from Africa (255 BC) Rudd Concession Rwandan Civil War Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état Siege of Tunis (Mercenary War) Siege of Utica Southern Rhodesia in World War I Tiberius III Battle of Lake Trasimene The Triumph of Cleopatra Unas Alan Wace Zaian War Zanzibar Revolution Zong massacre Zungeni Mountain skirmish Featured lists List of Zulu War Victoria Cross recipients List of sieges of Gibraltar List of Second Boer War Victoria Cross recipients A-Class articles 7 Independent Company (Rhodesia) Ahmad ibn Tulun Armed Forces of Liberia Australian contribution to UNTAG Auxilia Battle of Utica Battle of Berea Battle of the Blacks Conscription in Rhodesia Battle of Elands River (1900) Battle of Entebbe Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Gisco (died 239 BC) 2008 invasion of Anjouan Invasion of Kagera Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Egyptian–Libyan War Battle of Lukaya Battle of Magersfontein Southern Rhodesian military involvement in the Malayan Emergency Battle of Masaka Natal Native Pioneer Corps Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Siege of Kimberley John Troglita Zungeni Mountain skirmish Good articles 7 Independent Company (Rhodesia) 1965 Burundian coup attempt 1971 Moroccan coup attempt 1993 Burundian coup attempt 1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état Battle of Abu Hamed Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps Agacher Strip War Ahmad ibn Tulun Akengbuda Akure–Benin War Regency of Algiers Alphonse Alley Amenhotep I Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah Arigho Australian contribution to UNTAG Ayyubid dynasty Bakassi conflict Baker's Horse Basuto Gun War Battle of Utica Battle of Berea Battle of Corycus Battle of Kabalo Battle of Leptis Parva Battle of the Blacks Belgian Congo in World War II Benin Air Force Benin Altar Tusk Benin Moat Abebe Bikila HMSAS Bloemfontein Battle of Bombo Battle of Bondo Hugh Boustead Leonid Brezhnev Bugesera invasion Frederick Russell Burnham Treaty of Butre Invasion of the Cape Colony Chadian–Libyan War Char Bouba war Chilembwe uprising Marshal Clarke Bill Clinton John Alan Coey Congo Crisis Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10) Cutzinas Operation Dada Idi Dai Hong Dan incident Darius the Great The Defence of Duffer's Drift Omar Derdour Mbaye Diagne Dunkirk evacuation Early life of Cleopatra Ehengbuda Ehenneden Battle of Ekiokpagha Battle of El Herri Battle of Elands River (1900) Angelo Emo Battle of Entebbe 1981 Entumbane uprising Eresoyen Esarhaddon Ewedo Ewuakpe Fall of Enugu Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921) Fatimid navy Jack Fitzgerald (Australian politician) Free Republic of the Congo French prisoners of war in World War II 1964 Gabonese coup d'état Muammar Gaddafi Gambia Regiment Battle of Gayaza Hills General Butt Naked Gisco (died 239 BC) SAS Good Hope Ernest Melville Charles Guest Saddam Haftar Haile Selassie Hasdrubal, son of Hanno Heraclius Herero and Nama genocide History of the Regency of Algiers History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1972–1977) Idia Imperial Gift 2008 invasion of Anjouan Invasion of Darfur (1916) Invasion of South Kasai Second Italo-Ethiopian War Battle of Jilib Battle of Jinja Invasion of Kagera Battle of Kampala Ali Kanna Battle of Karuma Falls Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305) Lamu Fort Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Egyptian–Libyan War Battle of Lira Long Range Desert Group Battle of Lukaya Malagasy Uprising Southern Rhodesian military involvement in the Malayan Emergency Mandera Prison Battle of Masaka Masopha Mathos Maurice (emperor) Mohamed Saïl Richard Mohun Battle of Mutukula Abdallah Nasur Natal Border Guard HMSAS Natal Natal Native Pioneer Corps Battle of Ngomano Obanosa Obioye Oduwa Ogbebo Oguola Ohuan Ohuede Ohuede dynasty Operation Unokat Shaban Opolot Orhogbua Osemwede Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Owodo Pat Pattle Peasant's revolt in Palestine HMS Pelorus (J291) Phylakitai SAS President Kruger SAS President Pretorius SAS President Steyn HMSAS Protea (1947) Ptolemy I Soter Battle of Quifangondo Reign of Cleopatra Battle of Rejaf Roman invasion of Africa (204–201 BC) Rwandan Revolution Siege of Saïo Bombardment of Salé (1851) Battle of Sembabule Seventh German Inner Africa Research Expedition Siege of Carthage (536) Sihayo kaXongo Titina Silá Battle of Simba Hills Joseph Smith Solomon (magister militum) South African War Memorial (South Australia) South Kasai Southern Rhodesia in World War II SpaceX Herbert Stewart HMS Thames (1885) Theodosius I Thutmose I Battle of Tororo Toyota War SAS Transvaal Battle of Triangle Hill John Troglita Battle of Tug Argan Udagbedo Air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War Uganda–Tanzania War Uwa (Ogiso) Vandalic War Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius Hospes John Butler Walden HMS Whelp (R37) World War II HMS Wrangler (R48) Zara Yaqob

African military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 61 FL 3 A 26 AL 0 GA 174     B 727 BL 17 C 2,445 CL 50 Start 3,730 List 228 Stub 1,243     Total 8,406 Total 298 Other pages Category 2,023 Disambig 70 Draft 8 File 92 Portal 0 Project 2 Redirect 417 SIA 2 Template 627 User 1 Total 3,242 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 39,834 Ω 4.577 category

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South African National Defence Force • Zimbabwe Defence Forces

Requested articles

Battle of Pweto (currently a redirect) • Battle of Kisangani (1999) • Cannon Kopje • Commando Moissi • Jerry Puren • Egyptian-Hittite wars (currently a redirect) • Battle of Tigray • Third Battle of Amba Alagi • Rashidi Muzelein • Makombe rebellion • Adaka Boro Avengers • Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta • Niger Delta Justice Defence Group • Niger Delta Volunteers • Niger Delta Red Squad • Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders • Reformed Egbesu Fraternities • Egbesu Boys of the Niger Delta • Egbesu Red Water Lions • Egbesu Mightier Fraternity • Nsiloulou (militia) • Oromo Youth Revolutionary Movement • Ethiopian National Liberation Front • Mai Mai Gédéon • Coordination for a Referendum on Self-determination for Katanga • Progressive Katanga Congress • Siege of Bahnasa (639) • Jaysh al-Mujahidin (Libya) • Brega Martyrs Brigade • Ajdabiya Shura Council • M27 (militia) • Mai Mai Sheka • Mai Mai Yakutumba • FLEC-N'Zita • FLEC-Lubota • Uniao Nacional de Libertaçao de Cabinda • National Liberation Army of Kamerun • Military history of Egypt (currently a redirect) • Umgobhozi Ovela Entabeni • East African Regiment • • Battle of Tshaneni • First Witbooi Rebellion • Battle of Huambo • Battle of Abidjan (2011) • Duékoué massacre (currently a redirect) • Blolequin and Guiglo massacres • 1956 Hausa pogroms • Sarra Dispute • Battle of Dekheule • Mphaphuli Wars

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Colin Cockcroft • Eugene Raymond • Nicolaas Nieuwoudt • Davidson Masuku • Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–94) • Rhodesia Regiment • Military history of Africa • Military history of Algeria • Military history of Morocco • Uqba ibn Nafi • Military Committee for National Salvation • Battle of Gondar • Battle of Amba Alagi (1895) • Battle of Amba Alagi (1941) • Union Defence Force (South Africa) • Oromo conflict • Uganda People's Democratic Army • Holy Spirit Movement • National Army for the Liberation of Uganda • Caprivi Liberation Army • Forças Armadas de Cabinda • Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan • 2016 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt • 1986 Lesotho coup d'état • Fredrick Mugisha • 2002–03 conflict in the Pool Department • Peter Vilho • Baixa de Cassanje revolt • MOD Alliance

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Crocodile Armoured Personnel Carrier • Citizen Force (South Africa) • Jean Schramme • Jean-Marie Runiga • Kikuyu Home Guard • Karonga War • Laurent Nkunda • Maroon Commandos • Natal Native Contingent • Odong Latek • Paul Ermens • Ronald Reid-Daly • Royal West African Frontier Force • Stanleyville mutinies • Uganda National Liberation Front • Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army • Samuel Ogbemudia

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Jurinus Janse van Rensburg • Kenya Defence Forces • King's African Rifles • List of South African military chiefs • Military history of Africa • Nigerian Armed Forces • Vejaynand Ramlakan • Aubrey Sedibe • South African Army • South African Navy • Zimbabwe National Army • Air Force of Zimbabwe •

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• 02 Aug 2026 – Al-Nour al-Qubba (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Chomik1129 (t · c); see discussion
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• 17 Jul 2026 – Siege of Carthage (536) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by A.Cython (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Jul 2026 – Ogbebo (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Jul 2026 – Osemwede (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Edward056686 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 04 Aug 2026 – Battle of al-Shihr (1531) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Javext (t · c); see discussion (10 participants)

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• 06 Aug 2026 – Al-Ḳad’afi (talk · edit · hist) →Muammar Gaddafi was RfDed by Ike Lek (t · c); see discussion
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• 04 Aug 2026 – Idia (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Jul 2026 – Ogbebo (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Vanderwaalforces (t · c); see discussion

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• 13 Jul 2026 – Umar Muhayshi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Thepharoah17 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Aug 2026 – Iwoki (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) was promoted, see discussion
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• 25 Jul 2026 – Vandalic War (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by A.Cython (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 07 Aug 2026 – Somaliland campaign (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dervish War by Slowsilversoldier (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2026 – Islamic State – West Africa Province (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to West Africa Province (Islamic State) by Militant.Insurgency (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• If you know of any useful resources, please feel free to add them here.

Books

• Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis, eds. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 9780195382075.
• The Congo Rebellion. Léopoldville: Press Service of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1964. OCLC 781977731.
• Lefever, Ernest W.; Joshua, Wynfred (30 June 1966). United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960–1964 (PDF). Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. OCLC 631685344.

Journals

• South African Military History Journal (online free access)
• Journal of African Military History (subscription required)

Photos

• MONUSCO Photos - MONUSCO Flickr account, all photos licensed with Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)