List of wars involving Uganda

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The following is a list of wars involving Uganda.

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPresidentUgandan
losses
Rwenzururu Uprising
(19621982)
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Rwenzururu flag (1962-82).png Rwenzururu Movement Victory
  • Peace treaty signed in 1982 [1]
Unknown
Simba Rebellion
(19631965)

Simba rebels

  • Gbenye-Olenga faction
  • Soumialot faction
  • Kabila-Massengo faction

Rwandan exile groups [2]
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda [3]
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sudan [4]

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg Democratic Republic of the Congo a.
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Sn anyaanya1.PNG Anyanya
Banyamulenge militias (1965) [8]

Contents

Democratic Republic of the Congo Government victory
Unknown
First Sudanese Civil War
(19651972) [9]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
(1955–1956)
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Republic of the Sudan
(1956–1969)
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Flag of Sudan.svg Democratic Republic of the Sudan
(1969–1972)
Combat support:
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
(Joint operations on Ugandan territory, 1965–1969) [10]
Flag of Libya (1969-1972).svg Libyan Arab Republic
(From 1969 and combat involvement at least in 1970) [11]
Non-combat support:
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic [11] [12]
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union [13] [12]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [12] [14]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [12] [14]
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia [12] [14]
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany [12] [14]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia [14]
Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia [14]
Flag of Libya.svg Kingdom of Libya (until 1969) [14]
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria [14]
Flag of the United States.svg United States [15]
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany [15]
Flag of the Sudan Defense Force (1925-1956).svg SDF mutineers, bandits, and unaffiliated separatist militias
Flag of the Azania Liberation Front.svg ALF (1965–1970)
Sn anyaanya1.PNG Anyanya (from 1963) [16]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel (from 1969) [17] [18] [19]
Supported by:
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia [20] [21]
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (from about 1970) [20] [18]
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1966-1971).svg Congo-Léopoldville [22]
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya [20]
Flag of France.svg France [23]
Stalemate [24]
Unknown
Mengo Crisis
(1966)[ citation needed ]
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (Obote loyalists)Flag of Buganda.svg Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists)Regime change
200+
1972 invasion of Uganda
(1972)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg  Libya
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Flag of Uganda.svg Ugandan rebels
  • People's Army
  • UPC supporters

Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania

Ugandan government victory
Unknown
Arube uprising
(1974)[ citation needed ]
Flag of Uganda.svg Ugandan government Flag of Uganda.svg PutschistsGovernment victory
  • Purge in the Uganda Army
  • Several concessions are made to coup sympathizers, including the appointment of Mustafa Adrisi as army chief of staff
100+
Operation Entebbe
(1976)[ citation needed ]
PFLP-GC Flag.svg PFLP–EO
Revolutionare Zellen.svg Revolutionary Cells
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Supported by:
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Israeli victory
  • 102 of 106 hostages rescued [25]
  • ~25% of Uganda's military aircraft destroyed [26]
  • 102 of 106 hostages rescued
45
Uganda–Tanzania War
(19781979)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya
Flag of Palestine - short triangle.svg  Palestine Liberation Organization
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda National Liberation Front Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique
Supported by:
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Zambia
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
~1,650
Ugandan Bush War
(19801986)
Flag of Uganda.svg Ugandan government

Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (until 1985)
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea (1981–1985)
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire (1986, alleged) [27]

Flag of Uganda.svg National Resistance Movement (NRM)

Flag of Uganda.svg West Nile rebels:

Flag of Uganda.svg UFM (1980–83)
Flag of Uganda.svg FEDEMU (1983–85) [30]
Flag of Uganda.svg ULM [31]
Flag of Uganda.svg UNLF-AD [32]


Rwenzururu flag (1962-82).png Rwenzururu movement (until 1982)
Karamojong groups

NRM victory
~100,000
500,000
Kenyan–Ugandan border conflict Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Flag of Kenya.svg Mwakenya Movement
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Flag of Uganda.svg NOM
Return to the status quo ante bellum
War in Uganda (1986–1994) Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (NRM government)

Supported by:
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea [33]

UPDA
UPA
HSM (Auma)
HSM (Lukoya)
HSM (Ojuk)
UUGM
HSM (Kony), UHSA, UPDCA, LA, LRA
FOBA
NALU
WNBF
FUNA
UNDA, UFA
NOM
Tablighi Jamaat militants (including UMFF)
Supported by:
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire (only western rebels)
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya [a]
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan [34]
Ugandan government mostly suppresses rebel activity
  • UPDA, HSM, UPA, FOBA and UNDA mostly or completely defeated
  • Some rebel groups, including the LRA, continue their insurgencies
High civilian losses
LRA Insurgency
(1987)
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire (until 1997)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo (from 1997)
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic (from 2008) [35]
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan
  Arrow Boys
  UFDR
Flag of the United Nations.svg MONUC [36]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia (since April 2024)

Supported by:
Flag of the United States.svg United States
(2011–2017) [38] [39] [40] Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea(until 1990s)

Lord's Resistance Army
Supported by:
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (1994–2002) [41]
Flag of the Allied Democratic Forces.svg Allied Democratic Forces
Ongoing (Low-level)
  • Founder and leader of the LRA Joseph Kony goes into hiding
  • Senior LRA commander Dominic Ongwen surrenders to American forces in the Central African Republic and is tried at the Hague [42] [43]
  • Majority of LRA installations and encampments located in South Sudan and Uganda abandoned and dismantled
  • Small scale LRA activity continues in eastern DR Congo, and the Central African Republic [35]
65,000+
Second Sudanese Civil War
(19932005)
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, tilted star).svg SPLA

Flag of SSLM.svg SSLM
NDA
Sudanese Alliance Forces [46]
Sn anyaanya1.PNG Anyanya II
Flag of the Eastern Front.svg Eastern Coalition
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg FDR Ethiopia (1995–1998) [47]
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea (1996–1998, 2002–2005) [48]
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (from 1993) [49] [50]
Non-combat aid:
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya (1983–1985) [51] [52]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel [53]
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (until 1991) [54]

Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan

Flag of the South Sudan Defence Force.svg SSDF
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, tilted star).svg SPLA dissidents

Nuer White Army Flag.svg Nuer White Army
Flag of Uganda.svg Ugandan insurgents:

Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire (1994–1997) [58] [59]
Flag of Jihad.svg al-Qaeda (1991–1996) [60] [47] [ irrelevant citation ]
Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg Iraq [b]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [c]


Combat aid:
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg DR Congo (1998–2003)
Non-combat aid:
Flag of Iran.svg Iran [64]
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus (from 1996) [65] [66]
Stalemate [67]
Unknown
ADF Insurgency
(1996)
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda

Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo

Flag of the United Nations.svg MONUSCO

Flag of the Allied Democratic Forces.svg ADF (1996–2015)

AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg ISIL [68]

Flag of the Allied Democratic Forces.svg ADF-Mukulu

RCD/K-ML

Mai-Mai Kyandenga (2020–present)
Supported by: FARDC elements [70]
Flag red yellow 5x3.svg LRA
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Al-Shabaab [68] (disputed) [71]
Flag of Jihad.svg Various Jihadi groups (Ugandan and MONUSCO claim) [71]
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (1990s; currently unknown)

Ongoing
Unknown
First Congo War
(1996–1997)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg AFDL
Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda [72]
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi [73]
Flag of Angola.svg Angola [73]
Flag of South Sudan.svg SPLA [58]
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea [74]
Supported by:
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa [75]
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia [76]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe [75]
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia [77]
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of the United States.svg United States (covertly) [78]

Mai-Mai [d]

Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Zaire

Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan [58]
Flag of Chad.svg Chad [79]
Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Ex-FAR/ALiR
Flag of the Rwandan Democratic Movement.svg Interahamwe
Flag of the CNDD-FDD.svg CNDD-FDD [80]
Flag of UNITA.svg UNITA [81]
Flag of the Allied Democratic Forces.svg ADF [82]
Flag of Katanga.svg FLNC [83]
Supported by:
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China [84]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel [84]
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (denied) [84]


Mai-Mai [d]

AFDL victory
Unknown
Second Congo War
(19982002) [88]
Military stalemate
Unknown
Six-Day War
(2000)
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda UN-brokered ceasefire
  • Rwanda maintains control over Simsimi Airport
  • Uganda asked by the UN to withdraw north to Bafasende
  • Capture of Ugandan senior officers, in contravention of the ceasefire
~2,000
Somali Civil War
(2007)
2007–2009:
Insurgency:
Flag of the Organization of African Unity (1970-2002); Flag of the African Union (2004-2010).svg IGASOM [91]

Flag of the United Nations.svg UNPOS


2009–present:
Flag of the African Union.svg AUSSOM (2025–present) [92]
Non-combat support:

Flag of the United Nations.svg UNPOS (1995–2013) Flag of the United Nations.svg UNTMIS (2025–present)
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNSOA (2009–2016)
Flag of the United Nations.svg UNSOS (2016–present)
Independent regional forces

2007–2009:
Insurgency:

AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Al-Shabaab
Shahadah Flag.svg ICU loyalists
Hizbul Islam.svg Hizbul Islam
Flag of Jihad.svg Ras Kamboni Brigades
Flag of Jihad.svg Jabhatul Islamiya
Flag of Jihad.svg Muaskar Anole
Flag of Somalia.svg ARS


2007–2009:
Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland


2009–present:

Hizbul Islam.svg Hizbul Islam (until 2010; 2012–2013)

Alleged state allies:
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea [107]

Alleged non-state allies:
Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svg Houthis [111] [112]
Pirate Flag.svg Somali pirates [113]


Allies
Islamic State - Yemen Province.svg IS-YP [116]
Pirate Flag.svg Somali pirates [113]


2009–present:
Ongoing
110
2,700+
South Sudanese Civil War
(20132015)
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, upright star).svg South Sudan

Allied militias:
Flag of SSLM.svg SSLM
Flag of the Sudan Revolutionary Front.svg SRF

Flag of Ethiopia (1991-1996).svg EUPF [128] (alleged)
State allies:
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt [129] (alleged)

Flag of the United Nations.svg UNMISS [130]

Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, upright star).svg SPLM-IO [132]
Nuer White Army Flag.svg Nuer White Army [133]

TFNF [139]
SSFDP [140]
South Sudan National Army [141] [142]
NAS
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, upright star).svg Wau State insurgents [143]
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, upright star).svg SSOA
Flag of South Sudan (2011-2023, upright star).svg SSOMA/NSSSOG
Supported by:
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (South Sudanese gov. claim) [144]

Stalemate
  • Uganda withdrawals from conflict
  • IGAD-negotiated settlement fails
Unknown
Kasese clashes
(2016)[ citation needed ]
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Flag of Rwenzururu.svg Rwenzururu Ugandan victory
16 [145]

Notes

  1. Kenya was accused by the Ugandan government of supporting Ugandan rebels. In addition, border clashes between the two countries took place in 1987 and 1989.
  2. Iraqi support for Sudan during the war mostly consisted of weapons shipments; [61] according to the South Sudanese, however, at least one unit of Iraqi paratroopers fought alongside the SAF near Juba. About 200 Iraqi soldiers were allegedly killed, and the site of their remains became known as "Jebel Iraqi". [62] The International Institute for Strategic Studies also stated that Iraqi forces fought alongside Sudanese government troops. [63]
  3. Although China was not officially involved in the war, it sent troops to the country in order to protect oil fields and thereby aid the Sudanese military. China also provided Sudan with weaponry. [63]
  4. 1 2 Many Mai-Mai militias in eastern Zaire initially allied themselves with Rwanda and the AFDL against Hutu militants and refugees. [85] As soon as most Hutu were driven away, however, many Mai-Mai groups turned against Rwanda and the AFDL. [86] Despite this, some anti-Hutu Mai-Mai remained allied with Rwanda and the AFDL. [87]
  5. The SPLM-IO accused JEM of supporting Kiir's government since 2013, though JEM has denied any involvement and claims to maintain neutrality in the South Sudanese Civil War. [122] The Sudanese government, [123] aid workers [122] and other sources [124] have however affirmed that JEM is taking part in conflict on the side of the South Sudanese government. [125]
  6. The Cobra Faction openly opposed the government until 2014, and remained in relative opposition until 2015, when it divided into a pro-government and pro-SPLM-IO faction, the latter of which formed the Greater Pibor Forces. In early 2016, the Cobra Faction effectively disbanded, when the remaining group joined the government. [134] [135] In September 2016, however, the Cobra Faction was declared restored by some of its commanders and declared that it had resumed its struggle against the government. [136]

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  108. Multiple sources:
  109. Multiple sources:
  110. Multiple sources:
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