List of wars involving Malawi

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This is a list of wars involving Malawi. Along with these wars, Malawi participated in World War II on the Allied side (it was considered a British colony at the time, and the British were on the Allied side).

Conflict	Malawi and allies	Opponents	Results	President of Malawi	Losses
Chilembwe uprising (1915)	Chilembwe Rebels	British Empire  Nyasaland	Defeat
Nyasaland Emergency (1959-1960)	NAC	British Empire  Nyasaland	Defeat Leading Nyasaland African Congress members arrested Nyasaland African Congress suppressed		51 killed, 79 injured, 3,300 arrested
Mozambican Civil War (1987–1992)	FRELIMO  Zimbabwe  Tanzania  Malawi	RENAMO MYP	Stalemate Malawi backs both sides from 1987 to 1992	Hastings Banda	100+ killed[1]
Operation Bwezani (1993)	Malawi	MYP	Victory to the Defence Force MYP violently dismantled		Unknown
M23 Rebellion (2013)	DR Congo  South Africa  Tanzania  Malawi	M23	Victory M23 rebels surrender, disarm and demobilize	Joyce Banda	None
ADF Insurgency (2014–)	DR Congo  Uganda  South Africa  Tanzania  Malawi	ADF	Ongoing UNF Intervention Brigade intervention from 2014	Peter Mutharika	1 dead