List of wars involving Uganda

The following is a list of wars involving Uganda.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President Ugandan
losses
Uganda–Tanzania War
(19781979)
Uganda Uganda
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
State of Palestine PLO
 Tanzania
Uganda UNLA
Mozambique Mozambique
Defeat
Idi Amin
~1,650
Ugandan Bush War
(19811986)
Uganda UNLA Uganda NRA Regime change
Milton Obote
~100,000
500,000
LRA Insurgency
(1987present)
 Uganda
South Sudan SPLA
 DR Congo
 Central African Republic
LRA Ongoing
Yoweri Museveni
65,000+
First Congo War
(1996–1997)
Democratic Republic of the Congo AFDL
Uganda Uganda
Rwanda Rwanda
Burundi Burundi
Angola Angola
 Zaire
Rwanda ALiR
UNITA
Victory
Unknown
Second Congo War
(19982002)[1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo RCD
Democratic Republic of the Congo Banyamulenge
Democratic Republic of the Congo MLC
Uganda Uganda
Rwanda Rwanda
Burundi Burundi
UNITA
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Angola Angola
Chad Chad
Namibia Namibia
 Zimbabwe
Rwanda FDLR
Interahamwe
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mai-Mai
Uganda UNRF II
Burundi FROLINA
No clear victor
Unknown
Six-Day War (Kisangani)
(2000)
 Uganda  Rwanda Defeat
2,000+
Somali Civil War
(2007present)[3]
Somalia TFG
United Nations AMISOM
ICU
Al-Shabaab
Ongoing
  • AMISOM deployed to assist the TFG.
83
2,700+
ADF Insurgency
(2007present)
 Uganda Uganda ADF Ongoing
  • Low-level insurgency ongoing.
Unknown
South Sudanese Civil War
(2013present)
 South Sudan
 Uganda
South Sudan SPLM-IO
SSLM
Nuer White Army
Ongoing
  • SPLA regain partial control of rebel-held territories.
Unknown

Notes

  1. The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September.
  2. http://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF
  3. The war started in 1991, but Uganda wasn't involved until joining the African Union Mission to Somalia in 2007.