List of wars involving Uganda

The following is a list of wars involving Uganda.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	President	Ugandan losses
Rwenzururu Uprising (1962–1982)	Uganda	Rwenzururu Movement	Victory Peace treaty signed in 1982^[1]	Mutesa II of Buganda	Unknown
Simba Rebellion (1964–1965)	Simba rebels Uganda Cuba	Congo-Léopoldville Belgium	Defeat Simba rebels defeated		Unknown
First Sudanese Civil War (1965–1969)^[2]	Uganda Sudan	Anyanya	Victory (involvement only on Ugandan territory) Anyanya presence cleared from Uganda		Unknown
Mengo Crisis (1966)^{[citation needed]}	Uganda (Obote loyalists)	Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists)	Regime change Milton Obote becomes president		200+
1972 invasion of Uganda (1972)	Uganda Libya PLO	People's Army UPC Tanzania	Government victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled	Idi Amin	Unknown
Arube uprising (1974)^{[citation needed]}	Uganda	Putchists	Government victory Uprising suppressed		100+
Operation Entebbe (1976)^{[citation needed]}	Uganda PFLP-EO Revolutionary Cells	Israel	Defeat 102 of 106 hostages rescued		45
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)	Uganda Libya PLO	Tanzania UNLA Mozambique	Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin by Tanzania		~1,650
Ugandan Bush War (1980–1986)	UNLA Tanzania North Korea	NRA	NRA victory Overthrow of Milton Obote	Milton Obote	~100,000– 500,000
War in Uganda (1986–1994)	NRA Local Defence Units (LDU) Arrow Boys	Rebel Groups	Ugandan government mostly suppresses rebel activity UPDA, HSM, UPA, FOBA and UNDA mostly or completely defeated Some rebel groups, including the LRA, continue their insurgencies	Yoweri Museveni	High civilian losses
LRA Insurgency (1987–)	Uganda South Sudan DR Congo Central African Republic	LRA	Victory LRA Removed From Uganda	Yoweri Museveni	65,000+
Second Sudanese Civil War (1995–2005)^[3]	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front Uganda Ethiopia Eritrea	Sudan Janjaweed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir	Stalemate^[4] Comprehensive Peace Agreement^[5] Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement		Unknown
ADF Insurgency (1996–)	Uganda DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi	ADF	Ongoing Low-level insurgency ongoing		Unknown
First Congo War (1996–1997)	AFDL Rwanda Uganda^[6] Burundi^[7] Angola^[7] SPLA^[8] Eritrea^[9] Supported by: South Africa^[10] Zambia^[11] Zimbabwe^[10] Ethiopia^[12] Tanzania^[13] United States (covertly)^[14] Mai-Mai^[a]	Zaire FAZ White Legion Sudan^[8] Chad^[15] Ex-FAR/ALiR Interahamwe CNDD-FDD^[16] UNITA^[17] ADF^[18] FLNC^[19] Supported by: France^[20]^[21] Central African Republic^[21] China^[22] Israel^[22] Kuwait (denied)^[22] Mai-Mai^[a]	Victory Overthrow of the Mobutu regime Zaire renamed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Installation of Laurent-Désiré Kabila as president Beginning of Second Congo War		Unknown
Second Congo War (1998–2002)^[26]	Rwandan-aligned militias: RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge Ugandan-aligned militias: MLC Forces for Renewal UPC Other Tutsi-aligned forces Anti-Angolan forces: UNITA Foreign state actors: Uganda Rwanda Burundi Note: Rwanda and Uganda fought a short war in June 2000 over Congolese territory.	Pro-government: DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia Zimbabwe Sudan (alleged) Anti-Ugandan forces: LRA ADF UNRF II FNI Anti-Rwandan militias: FDLR ALiR Interahamwe RDR Mai-Mai Other Hutu-aligned forces Anti-Burundi militias: CNDD-FDD FROLINA	Stalemate Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila Sun City Agreement Creation of a unified, multi-party government in DR Congo, with Joseph Kabila as president Pretoria Accord; Rwandan withdrawal from DR Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias. The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is established, deployment of MONUC. End of the Angolan Civil War. Continuation of the Ituri conflict. Start of the Kivu conflict.		Unknown
Six-Day War (2000)	Uganda	Rwanda	Defeat Rwanda seized control of Kisangani^[27]		~2,000
Somali Civil War (2007–)	Somalia Uganda Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Djibouti Sierra Leone	al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam	Ongoing Advance of the TFG from 2009 Federal Government formed in August 2012		110– 2,700+
South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2015)	South Sudan SSLM Uganda	SPLM-IO SSDM Nuer White Army	Withdrawal IGAD-negotiated settlement fails		Unknown
Kasese clashes (2016)^{[citation needed]}	Uganda	Rwenzururu	Victory Charles Mumbere arrested		16^[28]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Many Mai-Mai militias in eastern Zaire initially allied themselves with Rwanda and the AFDL against Hutu militants and refugees.^[23] As soon as most Hutu were driven away, however, many Mai-Mai groups turned against Rwanda and the AFDL.^[24] Despite this, some anti-Hutu Mai-Mai remained allied with Rwanda and the AFDL.^[25]

References

^ Prunier, 82. See Kirsten Alnaes, "Songs of the Rwenzururu Rebellion," in P. H. Gulliver, ed., Tradition and Transition in East Africa (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969), 243-272.
^ Poggo, S. First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan 1955-1972, p. 151. S.l.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
^ "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Accessed January 6, 2016.
^ Kadhim, Abbas K. Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. London: Routledge, 2013, p. 422
^ "Sudan CPA Provisions". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ Prunier (2004), pp. 375–376.
^ ^a ^b Duke, Lynne (15 April 1997). "Passive Protest Stops Zaire's Capital Cold". The Washington Post. p. A14. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Kabila's forces – which are indeed backed by Rwanda, Angola, Uganda and Burundi, diplomats say – are slowly advancing toward the capital from the eastern half of the country, where they have captured all the regions that produce Zaire's diamonds, gold, copper and cobalt.
^ ^a ^b Prunier (2004), pp. 376–377.
^ Plaut (2016), pp. 54–55.
^ ^a ^b "Consensual Democracy" in Post-genocide Rwanda. International Crisis Group. 2001. p. 8. In that first struggle in the Congo, Rwanda, allied with Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Burundi, had brought Laurent Désiré Kabila to power in Kinshasa
^ Reyntjens 2009, pp. 65–66.
^ Usanov, Artur (2013). Coltan, Congo and Conflict. Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. p. 36.
^ Makikagile, Godfrey (2006). Nyerere and Africa. New Africa Press. p. 173.
^ Prunier (2009), pp. 118, 126–127.
^ Toïngar, Ésaïe (2014). Idriss Deby and the Darfur Conflict. p. 119. In 1996, President Mobutu of Zaire requested that mercenaries be sent from Chad to help defend his government from rebel forces led by Lauren Desiré Kabila. ... When a number of the troops were ambushed by Kabila and killed in defense of Mobutu's government, Mobutu paid Déby a fee in honor of their service.
^ Prunier (2009), pp. 116–118.
^ Duke, Lynne (20 May 1997). "Congo Begins Process of Rebuilding Nation". The Washington Post. p. A10. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Guerrillas of Angola's former rebel movement UNITA, long supported by Mobutu in an unsuccessful war against Angola's government, also fought for Mobutu against Kabila's forces.
^ Prunier (2004), pp. 375–377.
^ Reyntjens 2009, pp. 112–113.
^ "Strategic Review for Southern Africa". University of Pretoria. 20–21. 1998. As the conflict developed, France provided financial support to Mobutu and pushed hard for foreign intervention. However, under US pressure, France eventually terminated its call for intervention.
^ ^a ^b Carayannis, Tatiana (2015). Making Sense of the Central African Republic. Zed Books. In the waning days of Mobutu's rule, while Kabila's Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed putsch was rapidly making its way across Congo, France sought to prop up Mobutu's dying regime through covert military aid to the ailing dictator ... This covert aid was facilitated by Patassé
^ ^a ^b ^c Reyntjens 2009, pp. 112.
^ Prunier (2009), pp. 117, 130, 143.
^ Prunier (2009), p. 130.
^ Prunier (2009), p. 143.
^ The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September.
^ http://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Uganda Rwenzururu: King Charles Mumbere charged with murder". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

Sources

Plaut, Martin (2016). Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-066959-1.
Prunier, Gérard (July 2004). "Rebel Movements and Proxy Warfare: Uganda, Sudan and the Congo (1986-99)". African Affairs. 103 (412): 359–383. doi:10.1093/afraf/adh050. JSTOR 3518562.
Prunier, Gérard (2009). Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-970583-2.
Reyntjens, Filip (2009). The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-11128-7.

[Mai-Mai-15] Many Mai-Mai militias in eastern Zaire initially allied themselves with Rwanda and the AFDL against Hutu militants and refugees.^[23] As soon as most Hutu were driven away, however, many Mai-Mai groups turned against Rwanda and the AFDL.^[24] Despite this, some anti-Hutu Mai-Mai remained allied with Rwanda and the AFDL.^[25]

[Prunier82-1] Prunier, 82. See Kirsten Alnaes, "Songs of the Rwenzururu Rebellion," in P. H. Gulliver, ed., Tradition and Transition in East Africa (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969), 243-272.

[2] Poggo, S. First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan 1955-1972, p. 151. S.l.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

[3] "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Accessed January 6, 2016.

[4] Kadhim, Abbas K. Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. London: Routledge, 2013, p. 422

[5] "Sudan CPA Provisions". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2004375–376-6] Prunier (2004), pp. 375–376.

[WashingtonPostApril15-7] Duke, Lynne (15 April 1997). "Passive Protest Stops Zaire's Capital Cold". The Washington Post. p. A14. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Kabila's forces – which are indeed backed by Rwanda, Angola, Uganda and Burundi, diplomats say – are slowly advancing toward the capital from the eastern half of the country, where they have captured all the regions that produce Zaire's diamonds, gold, copper and cobalt.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2004376–377-8] Prunier (2004), pp. 376–377.

[FOOTNOTEPlaut201654–55-9] Plaut (2016), pp. 54–55.

[icg-10] "Consensual Democracy" in Post-genocide Rwanda. International Crisis Group. 2001. p. 8. In that first struggle in the Congo, Rwanda, allied with Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Burundi, had brought Laurent Désiré Kabila to power in Kinshasa

[FOOTNOTEReyntjens200965–66-11] Reyntjens 2009, pp. 65–66.

[12] Usanov, Artur (2013). Coltan, Congo and Conflict. Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. p. 36.

[nyerere-13] Makikagile, Godfrey (2006). Nyerere and Africa. New Africa Press. p. 173.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2009118,_126–127-14] Prunier (2009), pp. 118, 126–127.

[chad-16] Toïngar, Ésaïe (2014). Idriss Deby and the Darfur Conflict. p. 119. In 1996, President Mobutu of Zaire requested that mercenaries be sent from Chad to help defend his government from rebel forces led by Lauren Desiré Kabila. ... When a number of the troops were ambushed by Kabila and killed in defense of Mobutu's government, Mobutu paid Déby a fee in honor of their service.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2009116–118-17] Prunier (2009), pp. 116–118.

[18] Duke, Lynne (20 May 1997). "Congo Begins Process of Rebuilding Nation". The Washington Post. p. A10. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Guerrillas of Angola's former rebel movement UNITA, long supported by Mobutu in an unsuccessful war against Angola's government, also fought for Mobutu against Kabila's forces.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2004375–377-19] Prunier (2004), pp. 375–377.

[FOOTNOTEReyntjens2009112–113-20] Reyntjens 2009, pp. 112–113.

[france-21] "Strategic Review for Southern Africa". University of Pretoria. 20–21. 1998. As the conflict developed, France provided financial support to Mobutu and pushed hard for foreign intervention. However, under US pressure, France eventually terminated its call for intervention.

[CAR-22] Carayannis, Tatiana (2015). Making Sense of the Central African Republic. Zed Books. In the waning days of Mobutu's rule, while Kabila's Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed putsch was rapidly making its way across Congo, France sought to prop up Mobutu's dying regime through covert military aid to the ailing dictator ... This covert aid was facilitated by Patassé

[FOOTNOTEReyntjens2009112-23] Reyntjens 2009, pp. 112.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2009117,_130,_143-24] Prunier (2009), pp. 117, 130, 143.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2009130-25] Prunier (2009), p. 130.

[FOOTNOTEPrunier2009143-26] Prunier (2009), p. 143.

[27] The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September.

[28] ttp://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[29] "Uganda Rwenzururu: King Charles Mumbere charged with murder". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

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