Rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

rebel movement formed by Joseph Kony in northern Uganda in 1987

The Interahamwe (, ) is a Hutu paramilitary organization active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The Interahamwe was formed around 1990, as the youth wing of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND according to its French name), the then-ruling party of Rwanda, and enjoyed the backing of the Hutu Power government. The Interahamwe, led by Robert Kajuga, were the main perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide, during which an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutus were killed from April to July 1994, and the term "Interahamwe" was

rebel military group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

far-right Hutu armed rebel group active in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

thumb|Mai-Mai fighters surrendering their weapons to United Nations personnel in Northern Katanga, 2006. The term Mai-Mai or Mayi-Mayi refers to any kind of community-based militia group active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is formed to defend local communities and territory against other armed groups. Most were formed to resist the invasion of Rwandan forces and Rwanda. Groups that fall under the umbrella term "Mai-Mai" include armed forces led by warlords, traditional tribal elders, village heads and politically motivated resistance fighters. Because Mai Mai have only th

political party (Founded on 5 April 2003, formerly a Ugandan-supported rebel movement, created in 1998 under the leadership of Jean-Pierre Bemba)

Congolese left-wing armed opposition group and political party that was founded by rebels of Katangese origin and composed of former members of the Katangese Gendarmerie which was active mainly in Angola and Zaire during the 1970s

political armed militia in DRC

Ugandan Islamist rebel group based in western Uganda and eastern DR Congo

political party and a former rebel group that operated in the eastern region of the DR Congo, that was supported by the government of Rwanda, and was a major armed faction in the Second Congo War

The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (), also known by the French acronym AFDL, was a coalition of armed movements and political organizations composed of Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and Congolese dissidents, and various disaffected ethnic and political groups. Formed on 18 October 1996, the AFDL launched a military campaign that culminated in the overthrow of President Mobutu Sese Seko and the ascension of Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power in May 1997, which then marked the end of the First Congo War. Although the group was successful in overthrowing Mobutu, the allianc

rebel group active in the conflict in Ituri, DR Congo, associated with the Lendu ethnic group, which fought against ethnic Hema & founded by Floribert Ndjabu

CODECO () is a loose association of various Lendu militia groups operating within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name is an abbreviation of the group's lesser-known full name, the Cooperative for Development of the Congo, sometimes also styled the Congo Economic Development Cooperative.

rebel group largely composed of former members of the Interahamwe and Rwandan Armed Forces, was operating mostly in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the border with Rwanda

political and militia group in Ituri, northeastern DR Congo, formed towards the end of the Second Congo War founded by Thomas Lubanga in 2001, supported & was primarily composed of the Hema ethnic group

Central African branch of the Islamic State

Mai-mai rebel group in the DR Congo which advocates the independence of the Congo's Katanga Province, fighting in the Katanga insurgency

political party in the DR Congo, which is originated as a breakaway faction of the rebel Rally for Congolese Democracy

politico-religious group in Bas Kongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Wazalendo (Swahili; or 'nationalists') is a Congolese rebel coalition and irregular force based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is made up of rebel groups allied with the official Congolese military (FARDC) and opposed to the M23 rebel group. It consists of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS), Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated (NDC-R), the Collective of Movements for Change (CMC), Patriotic Self-Defense Movement (MPA), and different Nyatura groups.

military of the State of Katanga

Congolese rebel coalition led by former Independent National Electoral Commission President Corneille Nangaa

rebel group based in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, active between approximately 2003 and 2005