List of wars involving the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Congo Free State (1885–1908)[edit]

Conflict	Combatants		Result	Sovereign
Stairs Expedition (1891–1892)	Congo Free State	Yeke Kingdom	Victory Msiri killed, end of the Yeke Kingdom	Leopold II of Belgium
Congo–Arab War (1892–1894)	Congo Free State	Slave traders	Victory Swahili-Arab power in Congo shattered
Batetela Rebellion (1895–1908)	Congo Free State	Tetela rebels	Victory
Mahdist War (1896–1899)	United Kingdom Congo Free State Ethiopia Italy	Mahdist Sudan	Victory Congo secures the Lado Enclave

Belgian Congo (1908–1960)[edit]

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1971)[edit]

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Congo Crisis (1960–1965)	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	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
Congo Crisis (1960–1965)	Congo-Léopoldville Belgium United States	Simba Maoists Uganda Cuba	Government victory (Phase 2) Defeat of the Simba Rebellion	Joseph Kasa-Vubu
First Stanleyville Mutiny (1966)	Congo-Léopoldville	Mutineers	Victory Mutiny crushed	Mobutu Sese Seko
Second Stanleyville Mutiny (1967)	Congo-Léopoldville	Mutineers	Victory Mutiny crushed	Mobutu Sese Seko

Zaire (1971–1997)[edit]

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Angolan Civil War (1975–1979)	FNLA UNITA FLEC South Africa Zaire	MPLA Cuba	Defeat Non-aggression pact, Zairian withdrawal from Angola, demise of the FNLA	Mobutu Sese Seko
Shaba I (1977)	Zaire Morocco Egypt	FNLC	Victory FNCL expelled from Katanga
Shaba II (1978)	Zaire France Belgium Morocco	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 Eritrea	Regime change Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire was reorganized into the DR Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo (from 1997)[edit]

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Congo-Brazzaville Civil War (1997–1999)	Lissouba Government Ninja Militia DR Congo	Nguesso Government Angola Chad	Defeat Return to power of Denis Sassou Nguesso	Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Ituri conflict (1999-2003)	Lendu ethnic group: FNI FRPI CODECO FPJC Mai-Mai Simba ADF IS-CAP Mai-Mai Kyandenga^[1]	Hema ethnic group: UPC RCD/K-ML FAPC Uganda^[2] DR Congo (FARDC) UN (MONUC) EU (Artemis)	Ongoing^[3] Ongoing	Joseph Kabila (2001–2019) Félix Tshisekedi (since 2019)
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	Stalemate 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	Joseph Kabila
LRA Insurgency (2005–present)	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–present)	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–present)	DR Congo Uganda South Africa Tanzania Malawi	ADF	Ongoing UNF Intervention Brigade actively confront the ADF from January 2014
Séléka Rebellion (2013–present)	Central African Republic South Africa France DR Congo Angola Cameroon Chad Congo-Brazzaville Gabon	Séléka Anti-balaka	Ongoing President Michel Djotodia resigns and is replaced by Catherine Samba-Panza
Kamwina Nsapu Rebellion (2016–2019)	DR Congo	Kamwina Nsapu Militia	Victory Disunited rebel groups eventually subdued

References[edit]

^ "Ituri : 4 miliciens Mai-mai Kyandenga neutralisés par les FARDC à Otamabere". March 21, 2022.
^ "ituri: "covered in blood"". www.hrw.org. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^ "Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo". Global Conflict Tracker. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[1] "Ituri : 4 miliciens Mai-mai Kyandenga neutralisés par les FARDC à Otamabere". March 21, 2022.

[2] "ituri: "covered in blood"". www.hrw.org. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

[3] "Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo". Global Conflict Tracker. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-27.

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)