Editing Armed Forces of Senegal (section)

== Summary of past military actions ==
[[File:Senegalese navy Adm. Ousmane Ibrahima Sall, left, the deputy chief of staff of the Senegalese Armed Forces, inspects a formation of troops with military leaders from other nations during exercise Western Accord 120714-M-XI134-0407.jpg|thumb|left|Commando battalion of [[Thiès]].]]
* In October 1980 and August 1981, the Senegalese military was invited into [[the Gambia]] by President [[Dawda Kairaba Jawara]] to put down a [[1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt|coup attempt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Opérations en Gambie : Il était une fois "Fodé Kaba 1" et "Fodé Kaba 2"|language=fr|first1=Ndèye Fatou|last1= Ndiaye |first2= Chamsidine|last2= Sané|website=seneweb.com | date=17 January 2017|url=http://www.seneweb.com/news/Dossier%20de%20la%20redaction/operations-en-gambie-il-etait-une-fois-l_n_205162.html}}</ref>
* In August 1989, Senegalese-Gambian military cooperation ceased with the dissolution of the [[Senegambian Confederation]].
* In 1990, 500 Senegalese troops were deployed to Saudi Arabia to take part in the [[Gulf War]]. 92 of them were killed after the end of the conflict in a plane crash on 21 March 1991.
* In 1992 1,500 men were sent to the [[ECOMOG]] peacekeeping group in [[Liberia]].
* In 1994, a battalion-sized force was sent to [[Rwanda]] to participate in the UN peacekeeping mission there.
* Senegal intervened in the [[Guinea-Bissau civil war]] in 1998 at the request of former President [[João Bernardo Vieira|Vieira]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Guinea: Senegal Sends Troops To Bissau|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/199806120195.html|date=12 June 1998|website=allafrica.com}}</ref>
* A Senegalese contingent deployed on a peacekeeping mission to the [[Central African Republic]] in 1997.
* In 2017, Senegal deployed troops into the Gambia to support newly elected President [[Adama Barrow]], an action legally justified by UN resolution 2337.

The Army ({{lang|fr|Armée de Terre}}) is the leading force within the Senegalese armed forces and provides the chief of staff and the {{lang|fr|Inspecteur général des forces armées}}.