# 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 | Mutesa II of Buganda | Unknown |
| First Sudanese Civil War (1965–1969) | Uganda Sudan | Anyanya | Victory (involvement only on Ugandan territory) Anyanya presence cleared from Uganda | Mutesa II of Buganda | Unknown |
| Mengo Crisis (1966) | Uganda (Obote loyalists) | Buganda (Mutesa II loyalists) | Regime change Milton Obote becomes president | Mutesa II of Buganda | 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 | Idi Amin | 100+ |
| Operation Entebbe (1976) | Uganda PFLP-EO Revolutionary Cells | Israel | Defeat 102 of 106 hostages rescued | Idi Amin | 45 |
| Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–1979) | Uganda Libya PLO | Tanzania UNLA Mozambique | Defeat Overthrow of Idi Amin by Tanzania | Idi Amin | ~1,650 |
| Ugandan Bush War (1980–1986) | UNLA Tanzania North Korea | NRA | NRA victory Overthrow of Milton Obote | Milton Obote | ~100,000– 500,000 |
| 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 | Yoweri Museveni | Unknown |
| ADF Insurgency (1996–) | Uganda DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi | ADF | Ongoing Low-level insurgency ongoing | Yoweri Museveni | 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 | Yoweri Museveni | Unknown |
| Second Congo War (1998–2002) | RCD RCD-Goma Banyamulenge MLC FFR UPC Uganda Rwanda Burundi UNITA | DR Congo Angola Chad Namibia Zimbabwe FDLR RDR ALiR Interahamwe Mai-Mai LRA UNRF II ADF FNI FROLINA CNDD-FDD | Stalemate Creation of a unified, multi-party government Pretoria Accord; Rwandan withdrawal from Congo in exchange for commitment towards the disarmament of Hutu militias Start of the Kivu conflict | Yoweri Museveni | Unknown |
| Six-Day War (2000) | Uganda | Rwanda | Defeat Rwanda seized control of Kisangani | Yoweri Museveni | ~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 | Yoweri Museveni | 110– 2,700+ |
| South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2015) | South Sudan SSLM Uganda | SPLM-IO SSDM Nuer White Army | Withdrawal IGAD-negotiated settlement fails | Yoweri Museveni | Unknown |
| Kasese clashes (2016) | Uganda | Rwenzururu | Victory Charles Mumbere arrested | Yoweri Museveni | 16 |