List of movements/Militant and/or Criminal Groups/Africa


 * [[File: Interahamwe.png]] Interahamwe
 * [[File: Leftnat.png]] Tigray Defence Forces
 * [[File: Jihad.png]] Boko Haram

Pro-Government

 * [[File:YoungFreeAlgerians.png]] Organization of Young Free Algerians (1994-1995)

Anti-Government

 * [[File:FIS.png]] Islamic Salvation Front
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (1993-2004)
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (1998-2007)

Historical

 * [[File:OAS.png]] OAS (Organisation de l'armée secrète) (1961-1962)
 * [[File:FAF.png]] FAF (Front Algérie Française) (1960-1961)
 * [[File:Cball-Algeria.png]] ALN (Armée de libération nationale) (1954-1962)

Pro-Govt

 * [[File:WagnerGroup.png]] Wagner Group

Anti-Govt

 * [[File:Bozize.png]] Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC)
 * [[File:Anti-balaka.png]] Anti-Balaka
 * [[File:Anti-balaka.png]] People’s Resistance Movement for the Refoundation of the Central African Republic
 * [[File:MPC.png]] Central African Patriotic Movement (MPC)
 * [[File:MPC.png]] National Movement for the Liberation of the Central African Republic (MNLC) (2017-2019)
 * [[File:3R.png]] Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (3R)
 * [[File:UPCAR.png]] Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC)
 * [[File:FPRC.png]] Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC)
 * [[File:FPRC.png]] Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (MLCJ)
 * [[File:LRA.png]] Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)

Anti-Govt

 * [[File:RJ.png]] Revolution and Justice (RJ) (2013-2019)
 * [[File:FDPC.png]] Séléka (2012-2014)
 * [[File:RPRC.png]] Patriotic Rally for the Renewal of the Central African Republic (RPRC) (2014-2022)
 * [[File:FDPC.png]] Patriotic Convention for Saving the Country (CPSK) (2012)
 * [[File:Fulani.png]] Popular Front for Recovery (FPR) (2008-2012, 2012-2014)
 * [[File:FPRC.png]] Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) (2007-2014)
 * [[File:FDPC.png]] Democratic Front of the Central African People (FDPC) (2004-2019)
 * [[File:FDPC.png]] Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) (2004-2012)
 * [[File:MLPC.png]] People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy (2006-2008)

Active

 * [[File:PS.png]] Front for Change and Concord in Chad (2016-)
 * [[File:CCMSR.png]] Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic (2016-)
 * [[File:FUC.png]] United Front for Democratic Change (2005-)

Historical

 * [[File:FROLINAT.png]] FROLINAT (1966-1993)
 * [[File:FLT.png]] Liberation Front of Chad (1965-1976)
 * [[File:FROLINAT.png]] Volcan Army (1970-?)
 * [[File:FAPChad.png]] People's Armed Forces (1976-1987)
 * [[File:HissèneHabré.png]] Armed Forces of the North (1976-1984)
 * [[File:FROLINAT.png]] Transitional Government of National Unity (1979-1987)
 * [[File:HissèneHabré.png]] Chadian National Armed Forces (1983-1990)

[[File:Cball-RCongo.png]] Republic of Congo

 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Cocoye Militia (1993-1997)
 * [[File:ML.png]] Cobra Militia (1993-1997)
 * [[File:Libconserv3.png]] Ninja Militia (1990s-2008, 2016-2017)

Rebels

 * [[File:ADF.png]] Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
 * [[File:IS-CAP.png]] Islamic State's Central African Province (IS-CAP)
 * [[File:Mai-Mai.png]] Mai-Mai
 * [[File:LRA.png]] Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
 * [[File:Lendu.png]] Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI)
 * [[File:Lendu.png]] Patriotic Resistance Front of Ituri (FRPI)
 * [[File:Lendu.png]] Popular Front for Justice in the Congo (FPJC)
 * [[File:Lendu.png]] Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO)
 * [[File:Hema.png]] Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC)
 * [[File:NRM-Uganda.png]] Armed Forces of the Congolese People (FAPC)
 * [[File:FPR(Rwanda).png]] March 23 Movement (M23)/Congolese Revolutionary Army
 * [[File:FDLR.png]] Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
 * [[File:FNL.png]] National Forces of Liberation (FNL)
 * [[File:FNL.png]] National Forces of Liberation (FNL) (Historical)
 * [[File:FBP.png]] Popular Forces of Burundi (FPB)
 * [[File:NDC-R.png]] Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated (NDC-R)
 * [[File:CNPSC.png]] National Coalition of the People for the Sovereignty of Congo (CNPSC)/Alliance of Article 64 (AA64)

Pro-Government

 * [[File:Mai-Mai.png]] Pro-Government Mai-Mai

Rebels

 * [[File:Hutupower.png]] Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) (2006 - 2012, 2013 - 2016)
 * [[File:Mobutism(alt).png]] National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) (2006 - 2009)
 * [[File:Lumumba.png]] Free Republic of Congo (1960-1962)
 * [[File:Simba rebellion.png]] Simba Rebels (1964-1965)
 * [[File:Kwilu rebellion.png]] Kwilu Rebels (1964-1965)

Pro-Government

 * [[File:Hutupower.png]] Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) (2012 - 2013)

Pro-Government

 * Anti-Ugandan forces
 * [[File:LRA.png]] Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
 * [[File:ADF.png]] Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
 * [[File:IdiAmin.png]] Uganda National Rescue Front II (UNRF II)
 * [[File:Lendu.png]] Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI)
 * Anti-Rwandan forces
 * [[File:FDLR.png]] Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
 * [[File:ALiR.png]] Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALiR) (1997 - 2000)
 * [[File:Interahamwe.png]] Interahamwe
 * [[File:RDR.png]] Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda (RDR) (1995 - 2000)
 * [[File:Mai-Mai.png]] Mai-Mai
 * Anti-Burundi forces
 * [[File:CNDD-FDD.png]] National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD)
 * [[File:FROLINA.png]] National Liberation Front (FROLINA)

Anti-Government

 * Pro-Rwanda forces
 * [[File:Community.png]] Banyamulenge
 * Pro-Uganda forces
 * [[File:Hema.png]] Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC)
 * Anti-Angola forces
 * [[File:UNITA-icon.png]] National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)

Pro-Government

 * [[File:Milosevic.png]] White Legion (1997)
 * [[File:ALiR.png]] Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALiR) (1997 - 2000)
 * [[File:Interahamwe.png]] Interahamwe
 * [[File:CNDD-FDD.png]] National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD)
 * [[File:UNITA-icon.png]] National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)
 * [[File:ADF.png]] Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
 * [[File:Cball-Katanga.png]] Congolese National Liberation Front (FLNC)
 * [[File:Mai-Mai.png]] Pro-Mobutu Mai-Mai

Anti-Government

 * [[File:ADFLC.png]] Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFLC)
 * [[File:SalvaKiir.png]] Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA)
 * [[File:Mai-Mai.png]] Anti-Mobutu Mai-Mai

[[File:Cball-Kenya.png]] Kenya

 * [[File:Blacknat.png]] Mau Mau Rebels (1952-1960)
 * [[File:Cball-Somalia.png]] Northern Frontier Districts Liberation Movement (1963-1967)

[[File:Liber.png]] Liberia [[File:Liber2.png]]

 * [[File:Liber2.png]] Armed Forces of Liberia rebels (1980)
 * [[File:CharlesTaylor.png]] National Patriotic Front of Liberia (1980s - 1996)
 * [[File:Liber.png]] Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (1989 - 1992)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] Liberian United Defense Force (1989 - 1991)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (1991 - 1994)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-K (1994 - 1996)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy -J (1994 - 1996)
 * [[File:Pan-Africanism.png]] Revolutionary United Front (1991 - 2002)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] Liberia Peace Council (1993 - 1996)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] Lofa Defense Force (1993 - 1996)
 * [[File:Liber.png]] National Patriotic Front of Liberia – Central Revolutionary Council (1994 - 1996)
 * [[File:Klep.png]] Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea (1996 - 2001)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (1999 - 2003)
 * [[File:Liber2.png]] Movement for Democracy in Liberia (2003 - 2004)

Anti-government

 * [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] Government of National Accord
 * [[File:Berberism.png]] Tuareg militias of Ghat
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya
 * [[File:Moder.png]] Zintan Brigades
 * [[File:Cball-FSA.png]] Syrian National Army
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room
 * [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries

Pro-government

 * [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] House of Representatives
 * [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] Libyan National Army
 * [[File:Gaddafi.png]] Gaddafi loyalists
 * [[File:WagnerGroup.png]] Wagner Group
 * [[File:RusImpLeg.png]] Russian Imperial Legion

Defunct

 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Islamic Fighting Group (1995-2017)
 * [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] National Liberation Army (2011)
 * [[File:Cball-Libya.png]] National Transitional Council (2011-2012)


 * [[File:Ansar al-Sharia(Libya).png]] Ansar al-Sharia (2012-2017)
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Libyan Shield 1 (2012-2016)

Active

 * [[File:Cball-Azawad.png]] National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
 * [[File:Nation.png]] Ganda Iso
 * [[File:PanArab.png]] Arab Movement of Azawad
 * [[File:Cball-Azawad.png]] Movement for the Salvation of Azawad
 * [[File:Sec.png]] Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
 * [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] Islamic State

Defunct

 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Al-Mourabitoun
 * [[File:Ansar.png]] Ansar Dine
 * [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Macina Liberation Front
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Monotheism and Jihad Movement in West Africa

Historical

 * [[File:Berberism.png]] Tuareg Tribes (1962-1964)

[[File:Cball-SierraLeone.png]] Sierra Leone

 * [[File:CharlesTaylor.png]] National Patriotic Front of Liberia (1980s - 1996)
 * [[File:Pan-Africanism.png]] Revolutionary United Front (1991 - 2002)
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Kamajors (1996 - 2002)
 * [[File:Cball-SierraLeone.png]] Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (1997 - 2002)
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] West Side Boys (1998 - 2000)

Active

 * [[File:AhluSunna.png]] Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a
 * [[File: Cball-Isis.png]] Al-Shabaab
 * [[File: Pirat.png]] Somali Pirates
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Raskamboni Movement

Defunct

 * [[File:SSDF.png]] Somali Salvation Democratic Front (1978-2001)
 * [[File:SiadBarre-SRSP.png]] Somali National Front (1991-2001)
 * [[File:SNM.png]] Somali National Movement (1981-1991)
 * [[File:General Morgan.png]] Somali Patriotic Movement (1989-2003)
 * [[File:USC.png]] United Somali Congress (1987-2000)
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (1992-2006)
 * [[File:SNA.png]] Somali National Alliance (1992-2002)
 * [[File:Cball-Jubaland.png]] Juba Valley Alliance (2001-2008)
 * [[File:SNA.png]] Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council (2001-2004)
 * [[File:Cball-Somalia.png]] Islamic Courts Union (2000-2007)
 * [[File:Cball-Somalia.png]] Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (2006)
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Hizbul Islam (2009-2014)

[[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] South Africa

 * [[File:ANC-icon.png]] uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
 * [[File:SACP.png]] South African Communist Party (SACP)
 * [[File:ANC-icon.png]] African National Congress (ANC)
 * [[File:Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging.png]] Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
 * [[File:SWAPO.png]] South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO)
 * [[File:SWAPO.png]] People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
 * [[File:AZAPO.png]] Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO)
 * [[File:Afrsoc.png]] Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC)
 * [[File:Blacknat.png]] Azanian People's Liberation Army

Pro-Government

 * [[File:NCP(Sudan).png]] Janjaweed

Anti-Government

 * [[File:Lib.png]] Sudan Revolutionary Front
 * [[File:Ispop.png]] Justice and Equality Movement
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Sudan Liberation Movement
 * [[File:Tribal.png]] Sudanese Awakening Revolutionary Council

Rebels

 * [[File:Dem.png]] National Democratic Alliance (1989 - 2006)
 * [[File:Cball-SouthSudan.png]] Sudan People's Liberation Army (1983 - 2005)
 * [[File:Cball-SouthSudan.png]] SPLA-Mainstream
 * [[File:Cball-SouthSudan.png]] SPLA-Agar
 * [[File:SPDF.png]] Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front (2000 - 2002)
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Abyei Liberation Front (1980s - 1984)
 * [[File:Anyanya.png]] Anyanya II (1978 - 1989)
 * [[File:ALF.png]] Azania Liberation Front (1965 - 1970)
 * [[File:Anyanya.png]] Anyanya (1963 - 1972)
 * [[File:Strato.png]] SDF mutineers (1955 - 1965)
 * [[File:Mahdi.png]] Mahdists (1885 - 1909)

Pro-Government

 * [[File:Nation.png]] South Sudan Defence Forces (1997 - 2000)
 * [[File:Ethno.png]] Army of Peace (1986 - 2000s)
 * [[File:IdiAmin.png]] Uganda National Rescue Front II (1996 - 2002)
 * [[File:Strato.png]] Ex-FAR soldiers (1994 - 1997)
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] SPLA-Nasir (1991 - 2002)
 * [[File:Jihad.png]] Al Qaeda (1991 - 1996)
 * [[File:IdiAmin.png]] West Nile Bank Front (1988 - 1997)

Active

 * [[File: LRA.png]] Lord's Resistance Army
 * [[File:ADF.png]] Allied Democratic Forces
 * [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] Pro-ISIS Faction
 * [[File:Muslim 2.png]] Mukulu Loyalists
 * [[File:Fed.png]] Forces for Renewal
 * [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] Islamic State
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Mai-Mai Kyandenga
 * [[File:RwenzururuKingdom.png]] Kingdom of Rwenzururu
 * [[File:Buganda.png]] Kingdom of Buganda

Defunct

 * [[File:Authcap.png]] National Resistance Army (1987 - 1995)
 * [[File:IdiAmin.png]] Uganda National Rescue Front II (1996 - 2002)
 * [[File:Strato.png]] West Nile Bank Front (1988 - 1997)
 * [[File:Pan-Africanism.png]] National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (1988 - 1996)
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Uganda People's Army (1987 - 1992)
 * [[File:Cultism.png]] Holy Spirit Movement (1986 - 1994)
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] Uganda People's Democratic Army (1986 - 1988)
 * [[File:Mao.png]] National Resistance Army (1981 - 1987)
 * [[File:Mao.png]] Popular Resistance Army (1980 - 1981)
 * [[File:Prez.png]] Uganda Freedom Fighters (1981 - 1986)
 * [[File:IdiAmin.png]] Uganda National Rescue Front/National Salvation Front (1980 - 1992)
 * [[File:Strato.png]] Uganda Army (1979 - 1980, as a rebel group)
 * [[File:Obote.png]] Uganda National Liberation Army (1979)
 * [[File:Obote.png]] Kikosi Maalum (1978 - 1979)
 * [[File:Obote.png]] People's Army (1971 - 1978)
 * [[File:Mao.png]] Front for National Salvation (1971 - 1981)
 * [[File:Nation.png]] Save Uganda Movement (1973 - 1980)
 * [[File:Obote.png]] Uganda Liberation Group (Z) (1979)
 * [[File:Conmon.png]] Uganda National Movement (1979)
 * [[File:Civlibert.png]] Uganda Human Right Group (1979)
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Uganda Action Group (1979)
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Popular Front for the Liberation of Uganda (1979)
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Uganda Freedom Union (1979)
 * [[File:Civlibert.png]] Relief Educational Training Uganda Refugees Now (1979)
 * [[File:Civlibert.png]] Uganda National Unity and Reconciliation (1979)
 * [[File:Thar.png]] Uganda Society (1979)
 * [[File:Dem.png]] Uganda Discussion Group (1979)
 * [[File:Natcon.png]] Uganda Nationalist Organization (1978 - 1980)
 * [[File:Pan-Africanism.png]] Uganda Liberation Movement (1979)
 * [[File:Dem.png]] Nairobi Consultative Committee (1979)
 * [[File:Dem.png]] Negotiating Committee for Democratic Unity (1979)
 * [[File:Dem.png]] Moshi Discussion Group (1979)
 * [[File:Afrsoc.png]] Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion of Unity (1979 - 1980)
 * [[File:Dem.png]] Muthaiga Discussion Group (1979)
 * [[File:Rwenzururu.png]] Rwenzururu Movement (1962 - 1982)