List of wars involving Rwanda

This is a list of wars involving Rwanda since its independence from Belgium in 1962.

Conflict Rwanda
and allies
Opponents Results President
of Rwanda
Rwandan Revolution
(1959–1961)
Kingdom of Rwanda Parmehutu Regime change
Bugesera invasion
(1963)
Rwanda Government of Rwanda
 Belgium
Inyenzi Government victory
  • Massacre of 10,000 Tutsi civilians[2]
Rwandan Civil War
(1990–1994)
Rwanda Government of Rwanda
 France
 Zaire
Interahamwe
Impuzamugambi
FPR Regime change
First Congo War
(1996–1997)
Democratic Republic of the Congo AFDL
Uganda Uganda
Rwanda Rwanda
Burundi Burundi
Angola Angola
 Eritrea
 Zaire
Rwanda ALiR
Interahamwe
UNITA
Victory
Second Congo War
(1998–2002)[4]
Democratic Republic of the Congo RCD
Democratic Republic of the Congo RCD-Goma
Democratic Republic of the Congo Banyamulenge
Democratic Republic of the Congo MLC
Democratic Republic of the Congo FFR
Democratic Republic of the Congo UPC
Uganda Uganda
 Rwanda
 Burundi
UNITA
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
 Angola
 Chad
 Namibia
 Zimbabwe

FDLR
Rwanda RDR
Rwanda ALiR
Interahamwe
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mai-Mai


LRA
Uganda UNRF II
Uganda ADF
Uganda FNI
Burundi FROLINA
Burundi CNDD-FDD
Stalemate
Eastern Congo Offensive
(2009)
 Rwanda
 DR Congo
FDLR Victory
Dongo Rebellion
(2009)
 Rwanda
 DR Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo RPD Victory
Central African Republic Civil War
(2020–)
 Central African Republic
 Rwanda
 Russia
Central African Republic CPC Ongoing
  • Rwandan intervention in 2020[7]
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
(2021–)
 Mozambique
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Rwanda
Ansar al-Sunna
ISIL
Ongoing
  • Rwandan intervention in 2021

Notes

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  1. ^ Crowder, edited by Michall (1984). The Cambridge history of Africa : volume 8, from c. 1940 to c. 1975 (Repr. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521224098.
  2. ^ Prunier, Gérard (1999). The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (2nd ed.). Kampala: Fountain Publishers Limited. ISBN 978-9970-02-089-8.
  3. ^ Prunier, p. 4
  4. ^ The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Rwanda withdrew in 2002 following the Pretoria Accord.
  5. ^ GETTLEMAN, JEFFREY (20 January 2009). "Congo: Joint Offensive Against a Militia". New York Times. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  6. ^ DR Congo's armed forces enter troubled Dongo area, Xinhua, 15 December 2009, archived from the original on May 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Rwanda deploys troops to CAR under bilateral arrangement, The East African, Dec 22, 2020. Accessed Dec 28, 2020.