Not to be confused with 2002–2003 conflict in the Pool Department.
Pool War
Location of Pool department in the Republic of the Congo
Date
4 April 2016 – 23 December 2017 (1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
Status
Ceasefire
Belligerents
Republic of the Congo
Ninja militia
Commanders and leaders
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Frédéric Bintsamou
Units involved
Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo
Strength
Unknown number of servicemen
Unknown number of militants
Casualties and losses
115 killed in total[1][2] 13,000 displaced[3]
The Pool War[4][5] was a conflict between the Republic of the Congo and the Ninja militia in the Pool Department in the southeastern part of the country. Tensions grew between Frédéric Bintsamou (also known as Pastor Ntumi) and Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso, after Bintsamou contested modifications to the constitution. Bintsamou was formerly a collaborator of Sassou-Nguesso.[6]
Between April 2016 and April 2017, a total of 115 people died in the conflict.[1] An estimated 13,000 people have been displaced as a result of the violence.[3]
^ ab"ACLED Version 7 (1997 – 2016)". Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^"Congo-Brazzaville : nouveaux accrochages, soldats tués… La traque du pasteur Ntumi s'enlise dans le Pool" [Congo-Brazzaville: new skirmishes, soldiers killed ... Pastor Ntumi's stalking is bogged down in the Pool] (in French). 21 April 2017.
^ ab"République du Congo : près de 13.000 déplacés par les violences dans la Province du Pool" [Republic of Congo: Nearly 13,000 displaced by violence in Pool Province] (in French). United Nations Radio. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017.
^"Conflict in Pool region – Republic of Congo" (PDF). ACAPS. 2017.
^"Congo-Brazzaville : La "guerre du Pool" ravage le pays" [Congo-Brazzaville: The "Pool War" devastates the country] (in French). 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^"Congo-Brazzaville : "Ne ramassez pas les corps !"" [Congo-Brazzaville: "Do not pick up bodies!"] (in French). Paris Match. 15 September 2016.
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