List of wars involving Rwanda explained

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

Conflict	Rwanda and allies	Opponents	Results
Rwandan Revolution (1959 - 1961)	Kingdom of Rwanda	Parmehutu	Regime change Rwanda became a republic^[1]
Bugesera invasion (1963)	Government of Rwanda	Inyenzi	Government victory Massacre of 10,000 Tutsi civilians^[2]
Rwandan Civil War (1990–1994)	Government of Rwanda Interahamwe Impuzamugambi	FPR	Regime change End of the Rwandan genocide Start of Great Lakes refugee crisis^[3]
First Congo War (1996–1997)	AFDL Uganda Rwanda Burundi Angola	ALiR Interahamwe UNITA	Victory Overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire was reorganized into the DR Congo
Second Congo War (1998 - 2002)^[4]	RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge MLC FFR UPC Uganda UNITA	DR Congo ---- FDLR RDR ALiR Interahamwe Mai-Mai LRA UNRF II ADF FNI FROLINA CNDD-FDD	Stalemate Creation of a unified, multi-party government Pretoria Accord Start of the Kivu conflict
Eastern Congo Offensive (2009)		FDLR	Victory Hutu Power militia weakened^[5]
Dongo Rebellion (2009)		RPD	Victory DR Congo recaptures Dongo^[6]
Central African Republic Civil War (2020 -)		CPC	Ongoing Rwandan intervention in 2020^[7]
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado (2021 -)	Mozambique South Africa Rwanda	Ansar al-Sunna ISIL	Ongoing Rwandan intervention in 2021

Notes

Crowder, edited by Michall (1984). The Cambridge history of Africa : volume 8, from c. 1940 to c. 1975 (Repr. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .
Book: Prunier, Gérard . Gérard Prunier
. Gérard Prunier . 1999 . The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide . 2nd . Kampala . Fountain Publishers Limited . 978-9970-02-089-8 .
Prunier, p. 4
The Second Congo War lasted until 18 July 2003, but Rwanda withdrew in 2002 following the Pretoria Accord.
News: JEFFREY . GETTLEMAN. Congo: Joint Offensive Against a Militia . 20 January 2009 . New York Times . 14 July 2009.
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https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/rwanda-deploys-troops-to-car-under-bilateral-arrangement-3235960 Rwanda deploys troops to CAR under bilateral arrangement