Armed groups in the First and Second Congo Wars

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Armed groups in the First and Second Congo Wars
National armies Pro-government Zaire (FAZ, under Mobuto Sese Seko / FARDC, after Mobutu) • Angola (FAA, in Second War) • Chad (FANT) • Libya • Namibia (NDF) • Sudan • Zimbabwe (ZNA)
Anti-government Angola (FAA, in First War) • Burundi (FAB) • Rwanda (RPF/RDF) • Uganda (UPDF)
Militias and
rebel groups
Rwanda-aligned Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL, Rwanda-Uganda backed alliance) • Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) • RCD-Goma • Banyamulenge (ethnic Tutsis in South Kivu) • RCD-Congo (faction of RCD-Goma created in 2002)
Uganda-aligned Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC, created in 1998) • RCD-Kisangani/Mouvement de Libération (RCD-K/ML or "RCD-Wamba", created 1999) • RCD-National (RCD-N, split from RCD-K/ML) • Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) • Front de Libération du Congo (FLC, formed from the MLC, RCD-N and RCD-ML from 2000 to 2001)
Anti-government,
other
Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) • National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, in Second War)
Anti-Rwanda Interahamwe • Rassemblement Démocratique pour le Rwanda (RDR, successor organization to the Interahamwe) • Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALiR, successor to RDR in 1997) • Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR, created in 2000)
Anti-Uganda Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) • Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) • Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI)
Anti-Burundi National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) • National Liberation Front (FLN/FROLINA)
Government-aligned,
other
Mai-Mai • National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, in First War) • White Legion (First Congo War)
United Nations MONUSCO
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