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DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 47 eventsP of organized violence in DR Congo in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 382P. The low estimate is 355 and the high estimate is 466P. UCDP counts 237P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for March 2026 was 44 eventsP.

The count for April 2025 was 63 events. The change from April 2025 to April 2026 is down 25 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for DR Congo, April 2026 has the 22nd highest count of events. DR Congo holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in April 2026. In April 2025, the share was 3 percent.

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.

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, April 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Haut-Uélé province13
Ituri province19207
Kinshasa province11
Nord Kivu province1469
Sud Kivu province12102

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

Figure 1. Events in DR Congo, April 2026. The map shows 47 events with 382 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, April 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (10 of 47 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Apr 2026Mambasa territory, Ituri provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided434371
1 Apr 2026Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided101010
6 Apr 2026Kalehe territory, Sud Kivu provinceAFC; VDPNon-state393939
6 Apr 2026Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; FDLR-FOCA, VDPNon-state101010
8 Apr 2026Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; FDLR-FOCA, VDPNon-state111111
9 Apr 2026Djugu territory, Ituri provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); CRPState-based232323
10 Apr 2026Uvira territory, Sud Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); Government of RwandaState-based121212
11 Apr 2026Uvira territory, Sud Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based303030
28 Apr 2026Djugu territory, Ituri provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); CRPState-based161016
28 Apr 2026Djugu territory, Ituri provinceURDPC; CiviliansOne-sided6969101

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 3. DR Congo: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AFC21P153P
CRP10P78P
FDLR-FOCA, VDP4P30P
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)25P160P
Government of Rwanda1P12P
IS8P62P
URDPC3P73P
VDP7P47P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. DR Congo: events by type of violence, April 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict23P49%
Non-state conflict9P19%
One-sided violence against civilians15P32%

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

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 April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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