Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–1994)

The First Republic of the Congo Civil War was the first of two ethnopolitical civil conflicts in the Republic of the Congo, beginning in 1993 and continuing until December 1994.

First Republic of the Congo Civil War
Date 1993 – December 1994 Location Republic of the Congo Result Peace agreement
Belligerents
Republic of the Congo Cocoye Militia	Cobra Militia Ninja Militia
Commanders and leaders
Pascal Lissouba	Bernard Kolélas Denis Sassou Nguesso
Casualties and losses
2,000 people killed Tens of thousands displaced

The causes of the civil war laid in the disputed 1993 parliamentary election. the shooting of protesters by Lissouba's troops prompted Kolélas' new militia the Ninjas to move into the areas of his main support base the Pool Department. In Brazzaville, the city was divided. Nguesso's militia the Cobras controlling the north, the Ninjas controlling the south, and Lissouba's militia the Cocoyes controlling the center. Different ethnic groups and tribes supported different sides of the war with the Kongo and Lari tribes supporting Kolelas. The Vili, and Mbembe tribes supporting Lissouba. Extrajudicial killing were common and after much fighting, 2,000 dead, and tens of thousands displaced a peace agreement was signed in December of 1994 ending the conflict.[1][2]