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Ituri province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Ituri provincePopulation about 4,392,200 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in Ituri province, DR Congo in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 26P. The low estimate is 26 and the high estimate is 27P. The count for August 2026 was 16 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 151 eventsP in Ituri province, DR Congo. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 988P. The low estimate is 848 and the high estimate is 1,204P. UCDP counts 791P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 5 regions of DR Congo with a page, Ituri province has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Ituri province holds 20 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in DR Congo in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 225 events in Ituri province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 151P, which is down 33 percent. Over the same periods, the count for DR Congo as a whole went from 963 to 742P, which is down 23 percent. Events of one-sided violence are 64 percentP of the events in Ituri province in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For DR Congo, the share is 41 percentP.

Table 1. Ituri province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events816151
Estimated deaths, best estimate2690988
Low estimate of deaths2677848
High estimate of deaths271361,204
Deaths of civilians779791

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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  • UCDP recorded 8 events in Ituri province, DR Congo, in September 2026 (preliminary). The count for August 2026 was 16 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Ituri province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Ituri province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 151 events with 988 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Ituri province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP3P7P
CRP36P182P
FPIC Chambre noire sanduku13
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)59P260P
Government of Uganda1P1P
IS80P622P
Mayi Mayi Chini ya Tuna1P8P
NAS1P2P
URDPC20P167P
VDP1P1P
Zaire self-defense group114

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in Ituri province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Ituri province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Aru territory3P8P
Djugu territory53P333P
Irumu territory23P101P
Mahagi territory3P3P
Mambasa territory66P542P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Ituri province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict51P34%
Non-state conflict3P2%
One-sided violence against civilians97P64%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Ituri province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20268P26PCandidate Events
August 202616P90PCandidate Events
July 202613P82PCandidate Events
June 20266P13PCandidate Events
May 202627P256PCandidate Events
April 202619P207PCandidate Events
March 202614P131PCandidate Events
February 20266P14PCandidate Events
January 202611P80PCandidate Events
December 2025617GED
November 2025521GED
October 20252051GED
September 20251853GED
August 202525126GED
July 202524177GED
June 20251366GED
May 20251244GED
April 20251038GED
March 20251891GED
February 202529234GED
January 202526203GED
December 20242565GED
November 2024726GED
October 20241836GED
September 202442146GED
August 20241747GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Ituri province, DR Congo in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in Ituri province, DR Congo in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 16 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Ituri province, DR Congo in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 988P. The low estimate is 848 and the high estimate is 1,204P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.