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)	Simba Maoists 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
Battle of Mengo Hill (1966)	Uganda (Obote loyalists)	Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists)	Regime change Milton Obote becomes president		200+
1972 invasion of Uganda^[3] (1972)	Uganda	FRONASA	Government victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled	Idi Amin	Unknown
Operation Entebbe (1976)	Uganda PFLP-EO	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 (1981–1986)	UNLA	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	Ongoing LRA overall defunct	Yoweri Museveni	65,000+
Second Sudanese Civil War (1995–2005)^[4]	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front Uganda Ethiopia Eritrea	Sudan Janjaweed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir	Stalemate^[5] Comprehensive Peace Agreement^[6] 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)^[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 Rwanda seized control of Kisangani^[8]		~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)	Uganda	Rwenzururu	Victory Charles Mumbere arrested		16^[9]

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.
^ Ruzindana, Augustine. "Remembering the Aborted 1972 Invasion by Ugandan Exiles." Daily Monitor. September 14, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2015.
^ "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
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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
^ "Uganda Rwenzururu: King Charles Mumbere charged with murder". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[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] 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.{{cite web}}: 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] ttp://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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