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Ituri province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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UCDP recorded 14 eventsP of organized violence in Ituri province, DR Congo in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 82P. The low estimate is 74 and the high estimate is 117P. UCDP counts 77P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 12 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: DR Congo, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of DR Congo has each event.

Table 1. Ituri province, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (4 of 14 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
7 Aug 2026Mambasa territory, Ituri provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided131332
21 Aug 2026Mambasa territory, Ituri provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided15715
27 Aug 2026Mambasa territory, Ituri provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided191919
28 Aug 2026Mambasa territory, Ituri provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided101010

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Ituri province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
CRP3P5P
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)3P5P
IS11P77P

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.

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

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Ituri province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202614P82PCandidate Events
July 202612P74PCandidate Events
June 20263P8PCandidate Events
May 202627P256PCandidate Events
April 202619P207PCandidate Events
March 202614P181PCandidate 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. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Ituri province: all figures

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ConflictStats. Ituri province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/ituri-province/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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