List of wars involving the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of wars involving the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1971)

Conflict	Combatants		Result	Prime Minister
Congo Crisis (1960–1966)	Congo-Léopoldville ONUC Ireland Sweden Norway India Nigeria Ethiopia	Katanga South Kasai Belgium Congo-Stanleyville	West-Congolese victory (Phase 1) Katanga and South Kasai reincorporated into the Congo, Stanleyville government exiled.	Patrice Lumumba
Congo Crisis (1960–1966)	Congo-Léopoldville Belgium	Simba Maoists Cuba	Government victory (Phase 2) Defeat of the Simba Rebellion.	Moise Tshombe

Zaire (1971–1997)

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Angolan Civil War (1975–1979)	FNLA UNITA FLEC Zaire	MPLA Cuba	Non-aggression pact Zairian withdrawal from Angola; mutual end of support for other nations' rebel groups.	Mobutu Sese Seko
Shaba I (1977)	Zaire Morocco Egypt	FNLC	Victory FNCL expelled from Katanga.
Shaba II (1978)	Zaire France Belgium	FNLC	Victory Non-aggression pact of 1979
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1983–1987)	Chad France Zaire	Libya GUNT	Victory Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad.
Rwandan Civil War (1990–1991)	Rwanda France Zaire	FPR	Withdrawal (1991) FPR takeover of Rwanda in 1994.
First Congo War (1996–1997)	Zaire UNITA ALiR Interahamwe	AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola	Regime change Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko. Zaire was reorganized into the DR Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (from 1997)

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Congo-Brazzaville Civil War (1997–1999)	Lissouba Government DR Congo	Nguesso Government Angola Chad	Defeat Return to power of Denis Sassou Nguesso.	Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Second Congo War (1998–2003)	DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia Zimbabwe FDLR RDR ALiR Interahamwe Mai-Mai LRA UNRF II ADF FNI FROLINA CNDD-FDD	RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge MLC FFR UPC Uganda Rwanda Burundi UNITA	No clear victor Creation of a unified, multi-party government. The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is established, deployment of MONUC. Continuation of the Ituri conflict until 2007. Start of the Kivu conflict.	Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Kivu Conflict (2004–2009)	DR Congo Mai-Mai Zimbabwe Angola	CNDP	Victory CNDP integrated into the FARDC. Start of the M23 rebellion in 2012.	Joseph Kabila
LRA Insurgency (2005–)	Uganda South Sudan DR Congo Central African Republic	LRA	Ongoing Small scale LRA activity continues in eastern DRC, and the CAR.
Dongo Rebellion (2009)	DR Congo Rwanda	RPD	Victory Rwandan-Congolese forces recaptured Dongo.
Katanga Insurgency (2011–)	DR Congo Benin Egypt	Mai Mai Kata Katanga	Ongoing Exodus of around 600,000 refugees.
M23 Rebellion (2012–2013)	DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi	M23	Victory M23 rebels disarm and demobilize after being pushed back near Rwanda.
ADF Insurgency (2013–)	DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi	ADF	Ongoing UNF Intervention Brigade actively confront the ADF from January 2014.
Séléka Rebellion (2013–)	Central African Republic France DR Congo Republic of the Congo Chad Burundi	Séléka Anti-balaka	Ongoing President Michel Djotodia resigns and is replaced by Catherine Samba-Panza

Lists of wars involving African countries

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 Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) 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 Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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