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:
“He was high and mighty. But the kindest creature to his slaves—and the unfortunate results of his bad ways were not sold, had not to jump over ice blocks. They were kept in full view and provided for handsomely in his will. His wife and daughters in the might of their purity and innocence are supposed never to dream of what is as plain before their eyes as the sunlight, and they play their parts of unsuspecting angels to the letter.”
—Anonymous Antebellum Confederate Women. Previously quoted by Mary Boykin Chesnut in Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward (1981)
“Over thy wounds now do I prophesy
...
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men,
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)