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DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

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UCDP recorded 75 events of organized violence in DR Congo in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 554. The low estimate is 433 and the high estimate is 580. UCDP counts 472 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 63 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for DR Congo, May 2025 has the 11th highest count of events. DR Congo holds 3 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2025.

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.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. DR Congo, May 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Ituri province1244
Kongo Central province23
Mai-Ndombe province10
Maniema province11
Nord Kivu province49373
Sud Kivu province533
Tshopo province10
Figure 1. Events in DR Congo, May 2025. The map shows 75 events with 554 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.

Events

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

Table 2. DR Congo, May 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (12 of 75 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 May 2025No place givenAFC; CiviliansOne-sided71071
1 May 2025No place givenVDP; CiviliansOne-sided22022
4 May 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based171717
8 May 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided181818
8 May 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided171717
10 May 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided107107107
15 May 2025Mwenga territory, Sud Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based242424
18 May 2025Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of Rwanda; CiviliansOne-sided393939
19 May 2025Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; VDPNon-state313131
23 May 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; VDPNon-state121112
25 May 2025Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided121212
27 May 2025Djugu territory, Ituri provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); CRPState-based141414

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. DR Congo: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AFC45380
CRP529
FDLR-FOCA311
FLEC-FAC-TN10
Government of Angola10
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)1585
Government of Rwanda347
IS850
URDPC411
VDP16110
Zaire self-defense group13

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. DR Congo: events by type of violence, May 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict1317%
Non-state conflict1419%
One-sided violence against civilians4864%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of DR Congo, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202643P121PCandidate Events
August 202650P189PCandidate Events
July 202671P282PCandidate Events
June 202659P266PCandidate Events
May 202691P535PCandidate Events
April 202647P382PCandidate Events
March 202644P265PCandidate Events
February 202634P134PCandidate Events
January 202657P431PCandidate Events
December 202587518GED
November 202575411GED
October 202584276GED
September 202577301GED
August 202584464GED
July 202572644GED
June 202567246GED
May 202575554GED
April 202563257GED
March 2025102471GED
February 202582513GED
January 20251634,517GED
December 202480276GED
November 202436134GED
October 202462235GED
September 202477277GED
August 202458191GED

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 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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