List of wars involving the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of wars involving the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1971)

Conflict	Combatants		Result	Prime Minister
Congo Crisis (1960–1966)	Congo-Léopoldville ONUC  Ireland  Sweden  Norway  India  Nigeria  Ethiopia	Katanga  South Kasai  Belgium Congo-Stanleyville	West-Congolese victory (Phase 1) Katanga and South Kasai reincorporated into the Congo, Stanleyville government exiled.	Patrice Lumumba
	Congo-Léopoldville  Belgium	Simba Maoists  Cuba	Government victory (Phase 2) Defeat of the Simba Rebellion.	Moise Tshombe

Zaire (1971–1997)

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Angolan Civil War (1975–1979)	FNLA UNITA FLEC  Zaire	MPLA  Cuba	Non-aggression pact Zairian withdrawal from Angola; mutual end of support for other nations' rebel groups.	Mobutu Sese Seko
Shaba I (1977)	Zaire  Morocco  Egypt	FNLC	Victory FNCL expelled from Katanga.
Shaba II (1978)	Zaire  France  Belgium	FNLC	Victory Non-aggression pact of 1979
Chadian–Libyan Conflict (1983–1987)	Chad  France  Zaire	Libya GUNT	Victory Islamic Legion pushed out of Chad.
Rwandan Civil War (1990–1991)	Rwanda  France  Zaire	FPR	Withdrawal (1991) FPR takeover of Rwanda in 1994.
First Congo War (1996–1997)	Zaire UNITA ALiR Interahamwe	AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola	Regime change Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko. Zaire was reorganized into the DR Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo (from 1997)

Conflict	Combatants		Result	President
Congo-Brazzaville Civil War (1997–1999)	Lissouba Government DR Congo	Nguesso Government Angola Chad	Defeat Return to power of Denis Sassou Nguesso.	Laurent-Désiré Kabila
Second Congo War (1998–2003)	DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia  Zimbabwe FDLR RDR ALiR Interahamwe Mai-Mai LRA UNRF II ADF FNI FROLINA CNDD-FDD	RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge MLC FFR UPC Uganda Rwanda Burundi UNITA	No clear victor Creation of a unified, multi-party government. Pretoria Accord; Rwandan withdrawal from Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias. Deployment of MONUC. Continuation of the Ituri conflict until 2007. Start of the Kivu conflict.
Kivu Conflict (2004–2009)	DR Congo Mai-Mai  Zimbabwe  Angola	CNDP	Victory CNDP integrated into the FARDC. Start of the M23 rebellion in 2012.	Joseph Kabila
LRA Insurgency (2005–)	Uganda  South Sudan  DR Congo  Central African Republic	LRA	Ongoing L.R.A may continue to commit attacks in the eastern DRC.
Dongo Rebellion (2009)	DR Congo  Rwanda	RPD	Victory Rwandan-Congolese forces recaptured Dongo.
M23 Rebellion (2012–2013)	DR Congo  South Africa  Tanzania  Malawi	M23	Victory M23 rebels disarm and demobilize after being pushed back near Rwanda.
Séléka Rebellion (2013–)	Central African Republic  France  DR Congo  Republic of the Congo  Chad  Burundi	Séléka Anti-balaka	Ongoing President Michel Djotodia resigns and is replaced by Catherine Samba-Panza French intervention in late 2013