Congolese Civil War
Appearance
Congolese Civil War or Congo War may refer to any of a number of armed conflicts in present-day countries of Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Western Africa:
- In the historic Kingdom of Kongo:
- Kongo Civil War (1665–1709)
- In the Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville and Congo Republic):
- In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and Congo DR, 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)
- Simba rebellion (1964), sub-conflict of the Congo Crisis
- 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 (1999–2007), a sub-conflict of the Second Congo War
- Effacer le tableau (2002–2003), a genocide of Mbuti and other Pygmy tribes by the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo in North Kivu
- FRPI/FPJC insurgency (2008–2011)
- Renewed Hema-Lendu conflict (2017-present)
- Kivu conflict (2004–present)
- M23 rebellion (2012–2013)
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (2013-present)
- Dongo conflict (2009)
- Kamwina Nsapu rebellion (2016-2019)
- Congo Crisis (1960–1965), dating from the country's independence from Belgium to the rise of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko