List of wars involving Uganda

The following is a list of wars involving Uganda.

Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | President | Ugandan
losses

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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

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

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
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
Eritrea |  Zaire
ALiR
UNITA | Victory

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

Unknown

Second Congo War
(1998-2002)[6] |  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; Rwandan withdrawal from Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias
* Start of the Kivu conflict

Unknown

Six-Day War
(2000)  |  Uganda |  Rwanda | Defeat

* Rwanda seized control of Kisangani[7]

~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[8]

## References

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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.
6. ^ The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September.
7. ^ http://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF [bare URL PDF]
8. ^ "Uganda Rwenzururu: King Charles Mumbere charged with murder". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

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