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Nord Kivu province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in January 2025

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UCDP recorded 118 events of organized violence in Nord Kivu province, DR Congo in January 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 3,467. The low estimate is 3,514 and the high estimate is 11,465. UCDP counts 508 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. In a few events, the high estimate of UCDP is lower than the best estimate, or the low estimate is higher. The site shows the figures as UCDP publishes them. The count for December 2024 was 44 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Nord Kivu province, DR Congo, January 2025 has the highest count of events. Nord Kivu province, DR Congo holds 72 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in DR Congo in January 2025.

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

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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. Nord Kivu province, January 2025: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (29 of 118 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 Jan 2025Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided161616
1 Jan 2025Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided282920
3 Jan 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based101010
4 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided131313
7 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided232323
15 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided151515
15 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided151515
15 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided111111
15 Jan 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based131313
19 Jan 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based191919
20 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based121212
21 Jan 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based101012
22 Jan 2025Rutshuru territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided101010
23 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based1,5991,5991,569
23 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based500500500
23 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based500500500
24 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based141414
24 Jan 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based200200200
26 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based101010
26 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided121212
26 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided191919
26 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided101010
27 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based171717
27 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided303030
27 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based535353
27 Jan 2025Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based212121
27 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based121212
28 Jan 2025Nyiragongo territory, Nord Kivu provinceAFC; CiviliansOne-sided9013664
31 Jan 2025Lubero territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided121212

In a few events, the high estimate of UCDP is lower than the best estimate, or the low estimate is higher. The site shows the figures as UCDP publishes them.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Nord Kivu province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AFC983,265
FDLR-FOCA10
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)833,103
Government of Rwanda10
IS17198
VDP1125

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Nord Kivu province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202618P56PCandidate Events
August 202613P20PCandidate Events
July 202629P102PCandidate Events
June 202631P195PCandidate Events
May 202638P129PCandidate Events
April 202614P69PCandidate Events
March 202611P37PCandidate Events
February 202619P86PCandidate Events
January 202629P256PCandidate Events
December 20251664GED
November 202545302GED
October 202549194GED
September 202539203GED
August 202534161GED
July 202537426GED
June 20252593GED
May 202549373GED
April 202535169GED
March 202548266GED
February 202532147GED
January 20251183,467GED
December 202444150GED
November 20242297GED
October 202432163GED
September 202425100GED
August 202434124GED

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.

Nord Kivu province: all figures

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ConflictStats. Nord Kivu province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in January 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/nord-kivu-province/month/2025-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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