- Africa
Post-election crisis
After the disputed November 2010 runoff, Gbagbo refused to cede to Ouattara; the standoff became open conflict that killed about 3,000 people before pro-Ouattara forces, backed by France and the UN, captured Gbagbo on 11 April 2011.
Era: Ivoirité, civil war, and recovery
Sources: 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis · Wikipedia, Côte d'Ivoire Post-Gbagbo: Crisis Recovery · Congressional Research Service, Côte d'Ivoire's Post-Electoral Crisis: Ouattara Rules but Can He Govern? · Journal of African Elections (EISA)
- Asia
Ethnic violence in the south
Clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Osh and Jalal-Abad erupted into days of communal violence, killing several hundred people — figures are estimates and remain contested — and displacing hundreds of thousands.
Era: A Turbulent Republic: Revolution, Violence and Competitive Politics
Sources: 'Where is the Justice?': Interethnic Violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan and its Aftermath · Human Rights Watch, Kyrgyzstan: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
Uprising, NATO intervention and Gaddafi's fall
An uprising from February 2011 and a NATO air campaign from 19 March topple Gaddafi, who is captured and killed at Sirte on 20 October 2011.
Era: The Gaddafi Era, Uprising and Division
Sources: Libya Revolt of 2011 · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Battle of Sirte (2011) · Wikipedia
- Asia
Uprising and the start of the civil war
Arab Spring protests across Syria meet a violent state response; armed opposition emerges and the country descends into a civil war drawing in regional and global powers.
Era: The Assad Era, the Civil War and the Fall of 2024
Sources: Bashar al-Assad — Unrest and civil war · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
M23 rebellion seizes Goma
The M23 rebel movement briefly captures Goma in North Kivu before being pushed back; conflict festers across the east.
Era: Africa's World War & After
Sources: The M23 Offensive: Elusive Peace in the Great Lakes · International Crisis Group, Second Congo War · Wikipedia
- Africa
Taylor convicted of war crimes
The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone and sentenced him to 50 years — the first former head of state convicted by an international tribunal since Nuremberg.
Era: The civil wars and Charles Taylor
Sources: Sierra Leone: Landmark Conviction of Liberian Ex-President · Human Rights Watch, Special Court sentences former Liberian leader Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison · UN News
- Africa
Tuareg rebellion, coup and jihadist seizure of the north
The MNLA's January rebellion and a 22 March coup precipitate collapse; AQIM, Ansar Dine and allied jihadists take Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal.
Era: Dictatorship, Democracy and Crisis
Sources: Timeline: How Mali went from democracy beacon to instability · Al Jazeera, A Review of the French-led Military Campaign in Northern Mali · Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Timbuktu — World Heritage Centre · UNESCO
- Africa
Séléka captures Bangui
The Séléka rebel coalition seized the capital and ousted President Bozizé; its leader Michel Djotodia declared himself president, the country's first Muslim head of state.
Era: Séléka, Anti-balaka and a Fragile Peace
Sources: Central African Republic Civil War · Wikipedia, Central African Republic — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
Sectarian civil war erupts
Reprisals between Séléka and the anti-balaka militias spiralled into sectarian massacres; attacks in Bangui in early December 2013 killed more than a thousand civilians.
Era: Séléka, Anti-balaka and a Fragile Peace
Sources: Central African Republic Civil War · Wikipedia, Central African Republic — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
France launches Operation Serval
As jihadist forces drive toward Bamako, France intervenes militarily, stopping the advance and recapturing the northern cities.
Era: Dictatorship, Democracy and Crisis
Sources: A Review of the French-led Military Campaign in Northern Mali · Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Timeline: How Mali went from democracy beacon to instability · Al Jazeera
- Africa
Civil war erupts in Juba
A power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former vice-president Riek Machar ignites fighting in Juba that spreads nationwide and takes on an ethnic character.
Era: A Young Nation at War
Sources: Civil war in South Sudan: a primer · UK House of Commons Library, History of South Sudan · Wikipedia
- Africa
UN establishes MINUSCA
After French and African Union deployments, the UN Security Council authorised the MINUSCA peacekeeping mission in April 2014; it assumed responsibility in September, alongside interim president Catherine Samba-Panza.
Era: Séléka, Anti-balaka and a Fragile Peace
Sources: Central African Republic Civil War · Wikipedia, MINUSCA — United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic · United Nations Peacekeeping
- Asia
ISIS seizes Mosul and proclaims a caliphate
The jihadist group ISIS sweeps across northern Iraq, captures Mosul, and declares a 'caliphate', imposing extreme violence and destroying heritage sites including parts of Hatra, Ashur and Nimrud.
Era: Iraq Since 2003 — Invasion, Insurgency and Recovery
Sources: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) · Encyclopædia Britannica
- Europe
Annexation of Crimea
Following the fall of Ukraine's pro-Russian president, Russian forces seize Crimea and Moscow annexes the peninsula, an action recognized by almost no other state, while Russia backs separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Era: Post-Soviet Russia
Sources: Russia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation · Wikipedia
- Europe
Russia annexes Crimea; UN Resolution 68/262
Russia seized Crimea and declared its annexation after a referendum deemed illegal; the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/262, affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity and declaring the referendum without legal validity.
Era: Independent Ukraine, Revolutions and the Defence of Sovereignty
Sources: Ukraine crisis of 2013-14 (Euromaidan, annexation of Crimea, war in the Donbas) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, General Assembly Resolution 68/262, Territorial integrity of Ukraine (27 March 2014) · United Nations Digital Library, United Nations Resolution Declares Crimea Referendum Invalid · U.S. Library of Congress, Global Legal Monitor
- Asia
Houthi forces seize Sanaa
The Houthi movement, allied with former president Saleh, captured the capital Sanaa and went on to force President Hadi from the country, collapsing the post-2011 transition.
Era: Uprising, War and Humanitarian Crisis
Sources: Yemeni Civil War (Houthi conflict and Saudi-led intervention) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
Jihadist insurgency spreads to Burkina Faso
Sahelian jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, alongside the homegrown Ansarul Islam, escalate attacks, killing thousands and displacing more than a million people.
Era: Compaoré, Uprising and the Sahel Insurgency
Sources: Islamist insurgency in Burkina Faso · Wikipedia, The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel · Africa Center for Strategic Studies
- Asia
Saudi-led coalition intervenes
A coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE began military intervention to restore the recognised government, opening a prolonged war marked by air strikes, ground combat and blockade.
Era: Uprising, War and Humanitarian Crisis
Sources: Yemeni Civil War (Houthi conflict and Saudi-led intervention) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Africa
Escalation into armed conflict
The protests gave way to an armed insurgency as separatists proclaimed the independent state of Ambazonia; the conflict has since killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands.
Era: The Biya era and the Anglophone crisis
Sources: Cameroon (Anglophone crisis monitoring) · Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Cameroon (country analysis and Anglophone crisis) · International Crisis Group
- Asia
Liberation of Mosul and defeat of ISIS
Backed by a US-led coalition, Iraqi forces retake Mosul in July 2017 after months of urban warfare, and Iraq declares victory over ISIS in December 2017, ending its territorial control.
Era: Iraq Since 2003 — Invasion, Insurgency and Recovery
Sources: Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) · Encyclopædia Britannica, Iraq War · Encyclopædia Britannica
- Africa
Cabo Delgado insurgency
An Islamist insurgency erupts in Cabo Delgado; its 2021 assault on Palma halts the main gas project, and the violence kills thousands and displaces close to a million people.
Era: Civil War, Peace and Modern Mozambique
Sources: War in Mozambique: a natural gas blessing, turned curse · openDemocracy, Offshore gas finds offered major promise for Mozambique: what went wrong · The Conversation, Project developers must prioritise human security as gas project restarts in Mozambique · DefenceWeb
War & Rupture in the 2010s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 2010s — 21 of them, drawn from 16 nations, running from 2010 to 2017. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 21
- Nations
- 16
- Earliest
- 2010
- Latest
- 2017
- Africa
- 13
- Asia
- 6
- Europe
- 2
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.