Kamwina Nsapu rebellion

Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
	; Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo affected by the rebellion at its peak (dark red).
Date	8 August 2016 – c. 2019; (c. 3 years)
Location	Kasaï-Central, Kasaï, Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami and Sankuru; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Result	Government victory
Belligerents
Kamwina Nsapu rebels Various independent militias;	DR Congo; Allied militias: Bana Mura; Ecurie Mbembe; Smaller pro-government groups;
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Pierre Mpandi "Kamwina Nsapu" † No central leader since August 2016	Joseph Kabila (until Jan. 2019); Félix Tshisekedi (from Jan. 2019); Gen. Dieudonné Banze; Gen. Éric Ruhorimbere
Units involved
Unclear	Congolese security forces Armed Forces; Police Force; Republican Guard; National Intelligence Agency;
Strength
10,000+	Thousands
Casualties and losses
Thousands killed, captured, and surrendered	Hundreds killed and wounded
	Killed in total: c. 5,000 (UN estimate by August 2018); 3,300+ (Catholic Church estimate by June 2017); Displaced: 1.09 million internally, 35,000 to Angola

The Kamwina Nsapu rebellion, also spelled Kamuina Nsapu rebellion, was an uprising that took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2016 and 2019. It was instigated by the Kamwina Nsapu militia against state security forces in the provinces of Kasaï-Central, Kasaï, Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami and Sankuru. The fighting began after the militia, led by Kamwina Nsapu, attacked security forces in August 2016.

There was an ethnic aspect to the conflict: the rebels were mostly Luba and had selectively killed non-Luba.

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