List of wars involving Uganda

The following is a list of wars involving Uganda.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	President	Ugandan losses
Rwenzururu Uprising (1962–1982)	Uganda	Rwenzururu Movement	Victory Peace treaty signed in 1982	Mutesa II of Buganda	Unknown
Simba Rebellion (1964–1965)	Simba rebels Uganda Cuba	Congo-Léopoldville Belgium	Defeat Simba rebels defeated		Unknown
First Sudanese Civil War (1965–1969)	Uganda Sudan	Anyanya	Victory (involvement only on Ugandan territory) Anyanya presence cleared from Uganda		Unknown
Mengo Crisis (1966)	Uganda (Obote loyalists)	Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists)	Regime change Milton Obote becomes president		200+
1972 invasion of Uganda (1972)	Uganda Libya PLO	People's Army UPC Tanzania	Government victory Invasion by Obote loyalists repelled	Idi Amin	Unknown
Arube uprising (1974)	Uganda	Putchists	Government victory Uprising suppressed		100+
Operation Entebbe (1976)	Uganda PFLP-EO Revolutionary Cells	Israel	Defeat 102 of 106 hostages rescued		45
Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979)	Uganda Libya PLO	Tanzania UNLA Mozambique	Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin by Tanzania		~1,650
Ugandan Bush War (1980–1986)	UNLA Tanzania North Korea	NRA	NRA victory Overthrow of Milton Obote	Milton Obote	~100,000– 500,000
War in Uganda (1986–1994)	NRA Local Defence Units (LDU) Arrow Boys	Rebel Groups	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	Yoweri Museveni	High civilian losses
LRA Insurgency (1987–)	Uganda South Sudan DR Congo Central African Republic	LRA	Victory LRA Removed From Uganda	Yoweri Museveni	65,000+
Second Sudanese Civil War (1995–2005)	SPLA SPDF SSLM Anyanya II Eastern Front Uganda Ethiopia Eritrea	Sudan Janjaweed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir	Stalemate Comprehensive Peace Agreement Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement		Unknown
ADF Insurgency (1996–)	Uganda DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi	ADF	Ongoing Low-level insurgency ongoing		Unknown
First Congo War (1996–1997)	AFDL Rwanda Uganda Burundi Angola SPLA Eritrea Supported by: South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Ethiopia Tanzania United States (covertly) Mai-Mai	Zaire FAZ White Legion Sudan Chad Ex-FAR/ALiR Interahamwe CNDD-FDD UNITA ADF FLNC Supported by: France Central African Republic China Israel Kuwait (denied) Mai-Mai	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		Unknown
Second Congo War (1998–2002)	Rwandan-aligned militias: RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge Ugandan-aligned militias: MLC Forces for Renewal UPC Other Tutsi-aligned forces Anti-Angolan forces: UNITA Foreign state actors: Uganda Rwanda Burundi Note: Rwanda and Uganda fought a short war in June 2000 over Congolese territory.	Pro-government: DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia Zimbabwe Sudan (alleged) Anti-Ugandan forces: LRA ADF UNRF II FNI Anti-Rwandan militias: FDLR ALiR Interahamwe RDR Mai-Mai Other Hutu-aligned forces Anti-Burundi militias: CNDD-FDD FROLINA	Stalemate Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila Sun City Agreement Creation of a unified, multi-party government in DR Congo, with Joseph Kabila as president Pretoria Accord; Rwandan withdrawal from DR Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias. The Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is established, deployment of MONUC. End of the Angolan Civil War. Continuation of the Ituri conflict. Start of the Kivu conflict.		Unknown
Six-Day War (2000)	Uganda	Rwanda	Defeat Rwanda seized control of Kisangani		~2,000
Somali Civil War (2007–)	Somalia Uganda Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Djibouti Sierra Leone	al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam	Ongoing Advance of the TFG from 2009 Federal Government formed in August 2012		110– 2,700+
South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2015)	South Sudan SSLM Uganda	SPLM-IO SSDM Nuer White Army	Withdrawal IGAD-negotiated settlement fails		Unknown
Kasese clashes (2016)	Uganda	Rwenzururu	Victory Charles Mumbere arrested		16