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)

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 Rebels defeated
Mahdist War (1896–1899)	United Kingdom  Congo Free State  Ethiopia  Italy	Mahdist Sudan	Victory Congo secures the Lado Enclave

Belgian Congo (1908–1960)

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1971)

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-Léopoldville  Belgium  United States	Simba Maoists  Uganda  Cuba	Government victory (Phase 2) Defeat of the Simba Rebellion
First Stanleyville Mutiny (1966)	Congo-Léopoldville	Mutineers	Victory Mutiny crushed	Mobutu Sese Seko
Second Stanleyville Mutiny (1967)	Congo-Léopoldville	Mutineers	Victory Mutiny crushed

Zaire (1971–1997)

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)

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
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
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–present)	DR Congo	Kamwina Nsapu Militia	Ongoing Ongoing rebellion