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Nord Kivu province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in May 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 38 eventsP of organized violence in Nord Kivu province, DR Congo in May 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 129P. The low estimate is 96 and the high estimate is 200P. UCDP counts 108P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2026 was 14 eventsP.

The count for May 2025 was 49 events. The change from May 2025 to May 2026 is down 22 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Nord Kivu province, DR Congo, May 2026 has the 8th highest count of events. Nord Kivu province, DR Congo holds 42 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in DR Congo in May 2026. In May 2025, the share was 65 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: DR Congo, May 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 26.0.9, 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.

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, May 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (3 of 38 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
5 May 2026Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided151549
8 May 2026Masisi territory, Nord Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based211024
30 May 2026Beni territory, Nord Kivu provinceIS; CiviliansOne-sided10510

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. Nord Kivu province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P2P
AFC24P63P
FDLR-FOCA2P5P
FDLR-FOCA, VDP1P3P
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)10P34P
IS8P56P
VDP17P32P

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.

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 May 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/nord-kivu-province/month/2026-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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