Congo Civil War
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Congo Civil War may refer to:
- In the Kingdom of Kongo:
- Kongo Civil WarKongo Civil WarThe Kongo Civil War was an internal conflict between rival houses of the Kingdom of Kongo. The war waged throughout the middle of the 17th and 18th centuries pitting partisans of the House of Kinlaza against the House of Kimpanzu...
(1665–1709)
- Kongo Civil War
- In the Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville):
- Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
- In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and Zaire):
- Congo CrisisCongo CrisisThe Congo Crisis was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu...
(1960–1966), dating from independence to the unlikely rise of Joseph Mobutu - First Congo WarFirst Congo WarThe First Congo War was a revolution in Zaire that replaced President Mobutu Sésé Seko, a decades-long dictator, with rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Destabilization in eastern Zaire that resulted from the Rwandan genocide was the final factor that caused numerous internal and external actors...
(1996–1997), which led to the overthrow of Mobutu by Laurent Kabila and his rebels - Second Congo WarSecond Congo WarThe Second Congo War, also known as Coltan War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and officially ended in July 2003 when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power; however, hostilities continue to this...
(1998–present), involved nine nations and led to ongoing low-level warfare despite an official peace and the first democratic elections in 2006- Ituri conflictIturi ConflictThe Ituri conflict is a conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo . While there have been many phases to the conflict, the most recent armed clashes ran from 1999 to 2003, with a low-level...
(1999–2007), a subconflict of the Second Congo War - Kivu conflictKivu conflictThe Kivu conflict is an armed conflict between the military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Hutu Power group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda . The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo also became involved in the conflict...
(2004–2009), a subconflict of the Second Congo War
- Ituri conflict
- Congo Crisis