The following is a list of wars involving Uganda. Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President Ugandanlosses Rwenzururu Uprising(1962–1982) Rwenzururu Movement Victory Peace treaty signed in 1982Prunier, 82. See Kirsten Alnaes, "Songs of the Rwenzururu Rebellion," in P. H. Gulliver, ed., Tradition and Transition in East Africa (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969), 243-272. Simba Rebellion(1963–1965)Simba rebels Gbenye-Olenga faction Soumialot faction Kabila-Massengo faction Rwandan exile groups SudanPoggo, S. First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan 1955–1972, p. 153. S.l.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. Democratic Republic of the Congoa. AnyanyaBanyamulenge militias Democratic Republic of the Congo Government victory First Sudanese Civil War(1965–1972) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan(1955–1956) Republic of the Sudan(1956–1969) Democratic Republic of the Sudan(1969–1972)Combat support:(Joint operations on Ugandan territory, 1965–1969) Libyan Arab Republic(From 1969 and combat involvement at least in 1970)Non-combat support: Kingdom of Libya (until 1969) SDF mutineers, bandits, and unaffiliated separatist militias ALF (1965–1970) Anyanya (from 1963) (from 1969) Supported by: (from about 1970) Congo-Léopoldville StalemateShinn, David H, "Addis Ababa Agreement: was it destined to fail and are there lessons for the Current Sudan Peace Process?", p. 242 Mengo Crisis(1966) (Obote loyalists) (Mutesa II loyalists) Regime change Milton Obote becomes president 1972 invasion of Uganda(1972) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Ugandan rebels People's Army UPC supporters Ugandan government victory Arube uprising(1974) Putschists Government victory Purge in the Uganda Army Several concessions are made to coup sympathizers, including the appointment of Mustafa Adrisi as army chief of staff Operation Entebbe(1976) PFLP–EO Revolutionary Cells Uganda Supported by: Israeli victory 102 of 106 hostages rescued Uganda–Tanzania War(1978–1979) Libya Palestine Liberation OrganizationSupported by: Uganda National Liberation FrontSupported by: Tanzanian victory Collapse of the Second Republic of Uganda Ugandan Bush War(1980–1986) Ugandan government UNLF/UPC FEDEMU (from 1985) FUNA (from 1985) UNRF (I) (from 1985) UFM (from 1985) (until 1985) (1981–1985) (1986, alleged) National Resistance Movement (NRM) PRA UFF West Nile rebels: Uganda Army (1980) UNRF (I) (1980–85) FUNA (1980–85) Nile Regiment UFM (1980–83) FEDEMU (1983–85) ULM UNLF-AD
Rwenzururu movement (until 1982)Karamojong groups NRM victory civil war de facto continues Kenyan–Ugandan border conflict Mwakenya Movement NOM Return to the status quo ante bellum Kenya–Uganda relations strained War in Uganda (1986–1994) (NRM government) NRA Local Defence Units (LDU) Arrow Boys Supported by: UPDAUPAHSM (Auma)HSM (Lukoya)HSM (Ojuk)UUGMHSM (Kony), UHSA, UPDCA, LA, LRAFOBANALUWNBFFUNAUNDA, UFANOMTablighi Jamaat militants (including UMFF)Supported by: (only western rebels) 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–) (until 1997) (from 1997) (from 2008) MONUC (since April 2024) Wagner Group Supported by:(2011–2017) (until 1990s) Lord's Resistance ArmySupported by: Sudan (1994–2002) 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 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 Second Sudanese Civil War(1993–2005) SPLA SPLA-Mainstream SPLA-Agar SPDF ALF Titweng SSLMNDASudanese Alliance Forces Anyanya II Eastern Coalition FDR Ethiopia "Military Support for Sudanese Opposition Forces." Sudan. Retrieved 6 January 2016.Non-combat aid: Collins, Robert O. Africa's Thirty Years War: Libya, Chad, and the Sudan, 1963–1993, p. 194.: Westview Press, 1999. Sudan Armed Forces PDF Army of Peace Muraheleen Ex-FAR and Interahamwe SSDF SPLA dissidents SPLA-Nasir SPLA-United SSIM/A Nuer White Army Ugandan insurgents: LRA WNBF UNRF (II) al-Qaeda Combat aid: Non-combat aid: StalemateKadhim, Abbas K. Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. London: Routledge, 2013, p. 422 ADF Insurgency(1996–)
Armed Forces (FARDC) MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade ADF (1996–2015) NALU
ISIL IS-CAP ADF-Baluku ADF-Mukulu NALU RCD/K-ML APC Mai-Mai Kyandenga (2020–present) Supported by: FARDC elementsLRA Al-Shabaab (disputed) Various Jihadi groups (Ugandan and MONUSCO claim) (1990s; currently unknown) Ongoing First Congo War(1996–1997) AFDL SPLASupported by: (covertly)
Mai-Mai FAZ White Legion Ex-FAR/ALiR Interahamwe CNDD-FDD UNITA ADF FLNCSupported by: (denied)
Mai-Mai AFDL victory Overthrow of the Mobutu regime Zaire renamed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Installation of Laurent-Désiré Kabila as president Beginning of Second Congo War Second Congo War(1998–2002)The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September. Six-Day War(2000) 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 Somali Civil War(2007–) 2007–2009:Insurgency:
TFG
Galmudug Supported by:
Allied armed groups: ARPCT ASWJ
UNPOS
2009–present:
Somali Armed Forces
Non-combat support:
EUTM Somalia
UNTMIS (2025–present) UNSOA (2009–2016) UNSOS (2016–present) Independent regional forces2007–2009:Insurgency: Al-Shabaab ICU loyalists Hizbul Islam Ras Kamboni Brigades Jabhatul Islamiya Muaskar Anole ARS
2007–2009:
2009–present: Al-Qaeda and allies
AQAP AQIM
Hizbul Islam (until 2010; 2012–2013) Alleged state allies:Multiple sources:
Multiple sources:
Quds ForceMultiple sources:
Multiple sources:
Alleged non-state allies: HouthisMultiple sources:
UN sources:
Somali pirates
(since 2015) Somalia Wilayah Allies IS-YP Somali pirates
2009–present:
Somaliland Armed Forces SSB Ongoing Ethiopian invasion against the Islamic Courts Union Conflict between radical Islamists and the government continues New government formed in 2012 Las Anod conflict between Somaliland and SSC-Khatumo begins in 2023 Ongoing constitutional crisis in Somalia since 2023 South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2015) South Sudan SPLA Air Force Mathiang Anyoor Maban Defence Force Allied militias: SSLM SRF JEM SPLM-N (alleged) SLA-AW SLA-MM EUPF (alleged)State allies: (alleged) UNMISS Regional Protection Force
SPLM-IO Nuer White Army
TFNFSSFDP South Sudan National Army NAS Wau State insurgents SSOA SSOMA/NSSSOGSupported by: (South Sudanese gov. claim) Stalemate Uganda withdrawals from conflict IGAD-negotiated settlement fails Kasese clashes (2016) Ugandan victory
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