List of wars involving Rwanda

Wars involving Rwanda

This is a list of wars involving Rwanda since its independence from Belgium in 1962.

Conflict | Rwanda
and allies | Opponents | Results | President
of Rwanda

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Rwandan Revolution
(1959-1961)  |  Kingdom of Rwanda |  Parmehutu | Regime change

* Rwanda became a republic[1]

Kigeli V

Bugesera invasion
(1963)  |  Government of Rwanda
Belgium |  Inyenzi | Government victory

* Massacre of 10,000 Tutsi civilians[2]

Grégoire Kayibanda

Rwandan Civil War
(1990–1994)  |  Government of Rwanda
France
Zaire

* * *

Interahamwe
Impuzamugambi |  FPR | Regime change

* End of the Rwandan genocide
* Start of Great Lakes refugee crisis[3]

Juvénal Habyarimana

First Congo War
(1996–1997)  |  AFDL
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
Eritrea |  Zaire
ALiR
Interahamwe
UNITA | Victory

* Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko
* Zaire was reorganized into the DR Congo

Pasteur Bizimungu

Second Congo War
(1998-2002)[4] |  RCD
RCD-Goma
Banyamulenge

* * *

MLC
FFR
UPC

* * *

Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi

* * *

UNITA |  DR Congo
Angola
Chad
Namibia
Zimbabwe

* * *

FDLR
RDR
ALiR
Interahamwe
Mai-Mai

* * *

LRA
UNRF II
ADF
FNI

* * *

FROLINA
CNDD-FDD | Stalemate

* Creation of a unified, multi-party government
* Pretoria Accord
* Start of the Kivu conflict

Paul Kagame

Eastern Congo Offensive
(2009)  |  Rwanda
DR Congo |  FDLR | Victory

* Hutu Power militia weakened[5]

Dongo Rebellion
(2009)  |  Rwanda
DR Congo |  RPD | Victory

* DR Congo recaptures Dongo[6]

Central African Republic Civil War
(2020-)  |  Central African Republic
Rwanda
Russia |  CPC | Ongoing

* Rwandan intervention in 2020[7]

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
(2021-)  |  Mozambique
South Africa
Tanzania
Rwanda |  Ansar al-Sunna
ISIL | Ongoing

* Rwandan intervention in 2021

## Notes

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1. ^ Crowder, edited by Michall (1984). The Cambridge history of Africa : volume 8, from c. 1940 to c. 1975 (Repr. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521224098.
2. ^ Prunier, Gérard (1999). The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (2nd ed.). Kampala: Fountain Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-9970-02-089-8.
3. ^ Prunier, p. 4
4. ^ The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Rwanda withdrew in 2002 following the Pretoria Accord.
5. ^ GETTLEMAN, JEFFREY (20 January 2009). "Congo: Joint Offensive Against a Militia". New York Times. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
6. ^ DR Congo's armed forces enter troubled Dongo area, Xinhua, 15 December 2009, archived from the original on May 15, 2011.
7. ^ Rwanda deploys troops to CAR under bilateral arrangement, The East African, Dec 22, 2020. Accessed Dec 28, 2020.

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