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DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in June 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 59 eventsP of organized violence in DR Congo in June 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 266P. The low estimate is 216 and the high estimate is 422P. UCDP counts 164P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for May 2026 was 91 eventsP.

The count for June 2025 was 67 events. The change from June 2025 to June 2026 is down 12 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for DR Congo, June 2026 has the 18th highest count of events. DR Congo holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in June 2026. In June 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, June 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Bas-Uélé province11
Haut-Uélé province21
Ituri province613
Kinshasa province11
Nord Kivu province31195
Sud Kivu province1755

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

Figure 1. Events in DR Congo, June 2026. The map shows 59 events with 266 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, June 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (8 of 59 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Jun 2026Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided211721
2 Jun 2026Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided10010
5 Jun 2026Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided131113
9 Jun 2026Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based18018
10 Jun 2026Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based484848
11 Jun 2026Kabare territory, Sud Kivu provinceAFC; VDPNon-state313131
12 Jun 2026Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided121216
29 Jun 2026Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; VDPNon-state202026

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 June 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P1P
AFC36P179P
FDLR-FOCA2P2P
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)30P98P
Group named for a person (name not shown)3P11P
IS13P68P
LRA1P1P
Mayi Mayi Kifuafua1P4P
Mayi Mayi Uhuru2P7P
URDPC1P3P
VDP7P56P

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.

Type of violence

Table 4. DR Congo: events by type of violence, June 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict28P47%
Non-state conflict10P17%
One-sided violence against civilians21P36%

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 June 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/month/2026-06/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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