International Conflicts, 1816-2010. Militarized Interstate Dispute Narratives - Douglas M. Gibler

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MID#4381


Dispute Number: 4381
Date(s): September 29, 2005
Participants: 500 Uganda/490 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Uganda, harried by rebels residing in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC), threatened war unless the DRC disarmed the group.


MID#4386


Dispute Number: 4386
Date(s): April 28, 2006
Participants: 500 Uganda/490 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: Ugandan soldiers followed Lord’s Resistance Army into the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) where they engaged a detachment of DRC soldiers. One
Ugandan soldier was killed before the Ugandans retreated.


MID#4392


Dispute Number: 4392
Date(s): July 28, 2007 to December 19, 2007
Participants: 500 Uganda/490 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: The dispute started when forces from the Democratic Republic of the
Congo detained four Ugandan soldiers conducting a border survey. They were held
for over one week, and Uganda fortified the border with additional troops during
the seizure. A clash of forces occurred in September, and another clash occurred in
December. One Congolese soldier was killed in the first clash, and two Ugandan sol-
diers were killed in the second.


490 Democratic Republic of the Congo/516 Burundi


MID#4366


Started in April 2004. See the narrative in the 490 Democratic Republic of the
Congo/517 Rwanda dyad dispute list.

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