Six-Day War
Part of the Second Congo War

Memorial cemetery of the Guerre des Six Jours of 2000
Date5–10 June 2000
Location
Kisangani, DR Congo
Result

Rwandan victory

  • Rwandan forces take Kisangani
  • Ugandan army withdraws north
  • Capture of Ugandan senior officers
Belligerents
 Rwanda  Uganda
Commanders and leaders
Emmanuel Karenzi Karake James Kazini[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown ~2,475 killed (estimate)[2]
1,576 killed (estimate)
3,000 wounded (estimate)[3]

The Six-Day War (French: Guerre des Six Jours) was a series of armed confrontations between Ugandan and Rwandan forces around the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 5 to 10 June 2000. The war formed part of the wider Second Congo War (1998–2003).

Kisangani was also a scene of violence between Rwandan and Ugandan troops in August 1999 and 5 May 2000. However, the conflicts of June 2000 were the most lethal and seriously damaged a large part of the city, with more than 6,600 rounds fired.[4]

According to Justice et Libération, a human rights organisation based in Kisangani, the violence resulted in around 1,000 deaths and wounded at least 3,000, the majority of whom were civilians.[3]

In culture

The 2020 documentary film "Downstream to Kinshasa" (French: En route pour le milliard) by director Dieudo Hamadi centers on survivors of the Six-Day War, in which the victims travel to Kinshasa to seek compensation from the government.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Hranjski, Hrvoje (12 June 2000). "Rwanda Routs Uganda in Congo Battle". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Uganda Correspondent". Uganda Correspondent. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 La Guerre des Six Jours Archived 10 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, P. André Balusia, Monfortain, afriqueespoire.com.
  4. ↑ Kisangani : commémoration du 6e anniversaire de la guerre de six jours, David Tshiala, Le Potentiel, 15 juin 2006.
  5. ↑ Independent, The (8 June 2020). "Trauma lingers from DR Congo's 'Six-Day War,' 20 years on". The Independent Uganda. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Toronto, Point of View Magazine • 392-401 Richmond Street West •; email, ON • M5V 3A8 • Canada •701-8505 • Send us an (14 September 2020). "TIFF 2020: Downstream to Kinshasa Review – Point of View Magazine". povmagazine.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (26 June 2020). "'Downstream to Kinshasa,' First Congolese Film in Cannes Official Selection, Honors Resilience of War Victims". Variety. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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