Congolese Civil War

Congolese Civil War or Congo War may refer to any of a number of armed internal conflicts in the present-day countries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.

• Kongo Civil War (1665–1709), in the historic Kingdom of Kongo

Civil wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and DR Congo, formerly known as Congo-Léopoldville and Zaire):

• Congo Crisis (1960–1965), dating from the country's independence from Belgium to the rise of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko
  • Kwilu rebellion (1963–1965)
  • Kanyarwanda War (1963-1966)
  • Simba rebellion (1964)
• Katanga insurgency (1963–present), sub-conflict of Congo Crisis that continued as ongoing insurgency
  • Batwa–Luba clashes (2013–2018)
• Shaba invasions (Shaba I 1977, Shaba II 1978)
• Lord's Resistance Army insurgency (1987–present)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (1996–present)
• First Congo War (1996–1997), which led to the overthrow of Mobutu by Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his rebels
• Second Congo War (1998–2003), involved nine nations and led to ongoing low-level warfare, despite an official peace treaty and the first democratic elections in 2006
• Ituri conflict (1999–present) and Kivu conflict (2004–present), sub-conflicts of the Second Congo War that continued as ongoing insurgencies
  • M23 rebellion (2012–2013)
  • M23 offensive (2022–present)
• Dongo conflict (2009)
• Kamwina Nsapu rebellion (2016-2019)

Civil wars in the Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville and the Congo Republic):

• Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–1994)
• Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
• Pool Department conflict (2002-2003)
• Pool War (2016-2017)

• Republic of the Congo Civil War (disambiguation)
• Congolese (disambiguation)

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