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
| Unknown | |
Simba Rebellion (1964–1965) | Simba rebels Uganda Cuba | Congo-Léopoldville Belgium | Defeat
| Unknown | |
First Sudanese Civil War (1965–1969)[2] | Uganda Sudan | Anyanya | Victory (involvement only on Ugandan territory)
| Unknown | |
Mengo Crisis (1966)[citation needed] | Uganda (Obote loyalists) | Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists) | Regime change
| 200+ | |
1972 invasion of Uganda (1972) | Uganda Libya PLO | People's Army UPC Tanzania | Government victory
| Unknown | |
Arube uprising (1974)[citation needed] | Uganda | Putchists | Government victory
| 100+ | |
Operation Entebbe (1976)[citation needed] | Uganda PFLP-EO | Israel | Defeat
| 45 | |
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) | Uganda Libya PLO | Tanzania UNLA Mozambique | Defeat
| ~1,650 | |
Ugandan Bush War (1980–1986) | UNLA Tanzania North Korea | NRA | NRA victory
| ~100,000– 500,000 | |
LRA Insurgency (1987–) | Uganda South Sudan DR Congo Central African Republic | LRA | Victory
| 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] | Unknown | |
ADF Insurgency (1996–) | Uganda DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi | ADF | Ongoing
| Unknown | |
First Congo War (1996–1997) | AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola Eritrea | Zaire ALiR UNITA | Victory
| 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 LRA UNRF II ADF FNI FROLINA CNDD-FDD | Stalemate
| 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 (2013–2015) | South Sudan SSLM Uganda | SPLM-IO SSDM Nuer White Army | Withdrawal
| Unknown | |
Kasese clashes (2016)[citation needed] | Uganda | Rwenzururu | Victory
| 16[8] |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Sudan CPA Provisions". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ 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 [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Uganda Rwenzururu: King Charles Mumbere charged with murder". BBC News. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.