List of wars involving Rwanda

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

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Head of State
Rwandan Revolution (1959–1961)	Kingdom of Rwanda	Parmehutu	Regime change Rwanda became a republic.[1]	Kigeli V
Rwandan Civil War (1990–1994)	Government of Rwanda  France  Zaire Interahamwe Impuzamugambi	FPR	Regime change End of the Rwandan Genocide. Start of Great Lakes refugee crisis.[2]	Juvénal Habyarimana
First Congo War (1996–1997)	AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola	Zaire ALiR Interahamwe UNITA	Victory Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko. Zaire was reorganized into the DR Congo.	Pasteur Bizimungu
Second Congo War (1998–2002)[3]	RCD Banyamulenge MLC  Uganda  Rwanda Burundi UNITA	DR Congo  Angola  Chad  Namibia  Zimbabwe FDLR Interahamwe Mai-Mai UNRF II FROLINA	Stalemate Creation of a unified, multi-party government. Pretoria Accord; Rwandan withdrawal from Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias. Start of the Kivu conflict.	Paul Kagame
Six-Day War in Kisangani (2000)	Rwanda	Uganda	Victory Rwanda seized control of Kisangani.[4]
Eastern Congo Offensive (2009)	Rwanda  DR Congo	FDLR	Victory Hutu Power militia weakened.[5]
Dongo Rebellion (2009)	Rwanda  DR Congo	RPD	Victory DR Congo recaptures Dongo.[6]

Notes

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, p. 4
3. The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Rwanda withdrew in 2002 following the Pretoria Accord.
4. http://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF
5. GETTLEMAN, JEFFREY (20 January 2009). "Congo: Joint Offensive Against a Militia". New York Times. New York Times Company. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
6. DR Congo's armed forces enter troubled Dongo area, Xinhua, 15 December 2009.