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The following is a list of wars involving Uganda.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President Ugandan
losses
Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–1979)
Uganda Uganda
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
Palestinian territories PLO
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania
Uganda UNLA
Mozambique Mozambique
Defeat
Idi Amin
~1,650
Ugandan Bush War
(1981–1986)
Uganda UNLA Uganda NRA Regime change
Milton Obote
~100,000–
500,000
LRA Insurgency
(1987–present)
Flag of Uganda Uganda
South Sudan SPLA
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Flag of the Central African Republic Central African Republic
Flag of Lord's Resistance Army LRA Ongoing
Yoweri Museveni
65,000+
First Congo War
(1996–1997)
Democratic Republic of the Congo AFDL
Uganda Uganda
Rwanda Rwanda
Burundi Burundi
Angola Angola
Flag of Zaire Zaire
Rwanda ALiR
Flag of UNITA UNITA
Victory
Unknown
Second Congo War
(1998–2002)[1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo RCD
Democratic Republic of the Congo Banyamulenge
Democratic Republic of the Congo MLC
Uganda Uganda
Rwanda Rwanda
Burundi Burundi
Flag of UNITA UNITA
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
Angola Angola
Chad Chad
Namibia Namibia
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Rwanda FDLR
Flag of the Rwandan Democratic Movement Interahamwe
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mai-Mai
Uganda UNRF II
Burundi FROLINA
No clear victor
Unknown
Six-Day War (Kisangani)
(2000)
Flag of Uganda Uganda Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001) Rwanda Defeat
  • Rwanda seized control of Kisangani.[2]
2,000+
Somali Civil War
(2007–present)[3]
Somalia TFG
United Nations AMISOM
Flag of the Islamic Courts Union ICU
ShababFlag Al-Shabaab
Ongoing
  • AMISOM deployed to assist the TFG.
83–
2,700+
ADF Insurgency
(2007–present)
Flag of Uganda Uganda Uganda ADF Ongoing
  • Low-level insurgency ongoing.
Unknown
South Sudanese Civil War
(2013–present)
Flag of South Sudan South Sudan
Flag of Uganda Uganda
South Sudan SPLM-IO
Flag of South Sudan Liberation Movement SSLM
Nuer White Army Flag Nuer White Army
Ongoing
  • SPLA regain partial control of rebel-held territories.
Unknown

Notes[]

  1. The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Uganda withdrew in 2002 following the Luanda Agreement of 6 September.
  2. http://www.willum.com/dissertation/3rpa.PDF
  3. The war started in 1991, but Uganda wasn't involved until joining the African Union Mission to Somalia in 2007.
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