Second Bagongo War
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Second Bagongo War | |||||||
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Part of Afruikan conflicts, Butu-Miyazenga conflict | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
DR Bagongo Bagongo People's Party Various Butu militias |
FROLIBO Umbumwé Bagongo Freedom Party Bagongo Legitimist Party CUAW Various Miyazenga militias | ||||||
Russel Financial (secretly) | Palmyrion | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Arthur Bukenya Paul Ngendandumwe Nsamba Ssebugulu Ouma Musubaho † Bernard Obega Dominik Koman |
Paul Mugerwa Milton Bula Tupac Shakur II Charles Nyanza John Rwasa | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
BLDF 1st Kigali Division 2nd Luga River Division 3rd Mahwan Division 4th Karaban Division 5th Mugusan Division BPVA BADF 1st Aviation Regiment 2nd Aviation Regiment Air Defence Forces |
FROLIBO 1st Infantry Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade 3rd Infantry Brigade 4th Infantry Brigade Presidental Guard Battalion 15th Combined Arms Battalion Mahwa Self Defence Battalion Kayogoro Self Defence Battalion Keremba Self Defence Battalion | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
100s killed 1,000s captured Some wounded | Light casualties | ||||||
~40,000 civilians killed |
The Second Bagongo War is an ongoing military conflict in Bagongo, with some minor spillovers into neighbouring countries in Afruika. It started in August 2019 after the shootdown of a plane carrying Bagongolese President Michael Zuluka, killing him and many other Butu government officials. Zuluka's successor, Arthur Bukenya, accused the Miyazenga-dominated rebel group FROLIBO, led by ousted President Paul Mugerwa, of having conducting the attack. Several days afterwards, Butu child soldiers stormed the National Assembly during an emergency session and massacred dozens of Miyazenga politicians. The government then ordered the beginning of a mass genocide against the Miyazenga, with thousands being killed by soldiers and Butu militias, ending the peace brought about by the OAC-mediated Gola Accords in 2017 after the First Bagongo War. The conflict continues to escalate.