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.

Pre-colonial Congo

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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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 campaign (2022–present)
  • Dongo conflict (2009)
  • Kamwina Nsapu rebellion (2016–2019)
  • Western DR Congo clashes (2022–present)

Republic of the Congo

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)
  • 2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department
  • Pool War (2016–2017)

See also

  • Congolese (disambiguation)