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
(19621982)
 Uganda Rwenzururu Movement Victory
  • Peace treaty signed in 1982[1]
Mutesa II of Buganda
Unknown
Simba Rebellion
(19641965)
Simba Maoists
 Uganda
 Cuba
Congo-Léopoldville
 Belgium
Defeat
  • Simba rebels defeated
Unknown
First Sudanese Civil War
(19651969)[2]
 Uganda
 Sudan
Anyanya Victory (involvement only on Ugandan territory)
  • Anyanya presence cleared from Uganda
Unknown
Mengo Crisis
(1966)
 Uganda (Obote loyalists)  Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists) Regime change
200+
1972 invasion of Uganda[3]
(1972)
 Uganda
 Libya
FRONASA Government victory
  • Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled
Idi Amin
Unknown
Arube uprising
(1974)
 Uganda Putchists Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
100+
Operation Entebbe
(1976)
 Uganda
PFLP-EO
 Israel Defeat
  • 102 of 106 hostages rescued
45
Uganda–Tanzania War
(19781979)
 Uganda
 Libya
PLO
 Tanzania
UNLA
 Mozambique
Defeat
~1,650
Ugandan Bush War
(19801986)
UNLA
 Tanzania
 North Korea
NRA NRA victory
Milton Obote
~100,000
500,000
LRA Insurgency
(1987)
 Uganda
 South Sudan
 DR Congo
 Central African Republic
LRA Ongoing
  • LRA overall defunct
Yoweri Museveni
65,000+
Second Sudanese Civil War
(19952005)[4]
SPLA
SPDF
SSLM
Anyanya II
Eastern Front
 Uganda
 Ethiopia
 Eritrea
 Sudan
Janjaweed
SSDF
Nuer White Army
SPLA-Nasir
Stalemate[5]
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
Unknown
Second Congo War
(19982002)[7]
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
~2,000
Somali Civil War
(2007)
 Somalia
 Uganda
 Burundi
 Ethiopia
 Kenya
 Djibouti
 Sierra Leone
al-Shabaab
Hizbul Islam
Ongoing
110
2,700+
South Sudanese Civil War
(20132015)
 South Sudan
SSLM
 Uganda
SPLM-IO
SSDM
Nuer White Army
Withdrawal
  • IGAD-negotiated settlement fails
Unknown
Kasese clashes
(2016)
 Uganda  Rwenzururu Victory
16[9]

References

  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. Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
  4. "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Accessed January 6, 2016.
  5. Kadhim, Abbas K. Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. London: Routledge, 2013, p. 422
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September.
  8. http://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF
  9. "Uganda Rwenzururu: King Charles Mumbere charged with murder". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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