List of wars involving Botswana

This is a list of wars involving Botswana.

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Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Battle of Dimawe (1852)	Various Botswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, Batswapong, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriors	Voortrekkers	Victory
Operation Restore Hope (1992-1993) Two members of the Botswana Defense Force in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 1993.	UNITAF Australia Bangladesh Belgium Botswana Canada Egypt Ethiopia France Germany Greece India Italy Kuwait Malaysia Morocco New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Saudi Arabia Spain Tunisia Turkey UAE United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe	United Somali Congress	UN success
Operation Boleas (1998–1999)	SADC South Africa Botswana	Lesotho opposition Pro-opposition faction of the LDF	Victory
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado (2021–present)	Mozambique Rwanda SAMIM South Africa Botswana Lesotho Tanzania Angola Zambia Malawi	Ansar al-Sunna Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)