Congo Civil War may refer to:
- In the Kingdom of Kongo:
- Kongo Civil War (1665–1709)
- In the Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Brazzaville):
- Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
- In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and Zaire):
- Congo Crisis (1960–1966), dating from independence to the unlikely rise of Joseph Mobutu
- First Congo War (1996–1997), which led to the overthrow of Mobutu by Laurent Kabila and his rebels
- Second Congo War (1998–2003), involved nine nations and led to ongoing low-level warfare despite an official peace and the first democratic elections in 2006
- Ituri conflict (1999–2007), a subconflict of the Second Congo War
- Kivu conflict (2004–present), a subconflict of the Second Congo War
- Dongo conflict (2009–present), a subconflict of the Second Congo War
Famous quotes containing the words civil war, civil and/or war:
“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we are first recognized as humans.”
—Malcolm X (1925–1965)
“It takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy him.”
—Baudouin I (b. 1930)