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The Malagasy Wars (Malagasy: Ny Ady Malagasy, French: Les Guerres Malgaches) was a civil war in Madagascar which happened between 1960 and 2008. The wars began immediately after the full independence of Madagascar in 1960. The Merina, the largest Malagasy ethnic group, had major disputes with with the Bantu peoples (notably the Sakalava, Bara, and Betsimisaraka) who controlled major ports.

Malagasy Wars
Part of the Cold War and the Decolonisation of Africa
Date11 November 1975 – 4 April 2002
(26 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Madagascar
Result

Merina victory

  • Withdrawal of all foreign forces
  • Transition towards a federal republic
Belligerents

Angola Merina Kingdom

 Cuba (1975–1991)
SWAPO (1975–1991)[1]
ANC (1975–1991)[2][1]
Executive Outcomes (1993–1995)[3]
FLNC (1975–2001)[4][5]
 Namibia (2001–2002)[note 1]

Military advisers and pilots:

Democratic People's Republic of Angola

FNLA (1976–1978)[5]
 South Africa (1975–1991)[11]
 Zaire (1975)[18][5]

FLEC
Commanders and leaders
Strength

Angola MPLA troops:

Cuba Cuban troops:

  • 36,000 with 400 tanks (1976)[22]
  • 35,000–37,000 (1982)[20]
  • 60,000 (1988)[20]
  • 337,033[23]–380,000[24] total (supported by 1,000 tanks, 600 armored vehicles and 1,600 artillery pieces)[25]

Soviet Union Soviet troops:

  • Altogether 11,000
    (1975 to 1991)[26]

Brazil Brazilian pilots:

  • Classified with tens of aircraft (1999–2002)[15]

UNITA militants:

  • 65,000 (1990, highest)[27]

FNLA militants:

  • 22,000 (1975)[28]
  • 4,000–7,000 (1976)[29]

Union of South Africa South African troops:

  • 7,000 (1975–1976)[30]
  • 6,000 (1987–1988)[30]
Casualties and losses
Angola Unknown
Cuba 2,016–5,000 dead[31]
Soviet Union 54 killed[32]		 Unknown
Unknown
South Africa 2,365[33]–2,500 dead[34] (including South African Border War deaths)
Unknown
800,000 killed and 4 million displaced[35]
Nearly 70,000 Angolans became amputees as a result of land mines[36]
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