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Sud Kivu province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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UCDP recorded 16 eventsP of organized violence in Sud Kivu province, DR Congo in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 53P. The low estimate is 15 and the high estimate is 81P. UCDP counts 28P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 21 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: DR Congo, August 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 26.0.8, 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. Sud Kivu province, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 16 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
15 Aug 2026Kalehe territory, Sud Kivu provinceAFC; VDPNon-state11016
27 Aug 2026Sud Kivu provinceGovernment of DR Congo (Zaire); AFCState-based23023

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. Sud Kivu province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
AFC16P53P
Government of DR Congo (Zaire)12P37P
VDP3P15P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Sud Kivu province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202616P53PCandidate Events
July 202621P89PCandidate Events
June 202614P40PCandidate Events
May 202618P131PCandidate Events
April 202612P102PCandidate Events
March 202617P91PCandidate Events
February 20267P31PCandidate Events
January 202610P75PCandidate Events
December 202562426GED
November 20252366GED
October 2025117GED
September 2025110GED
August 20251954GED
July 2025939GED
June 20252476GED
May 2025533GED
April 20251735GED
March 202533109GED
February 202517111GED
January 202513521GED
December 2024437GED
November 202446GED
October 2024732GED
September 2024624GED
August 202434GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Sud Kivu province: all figures

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ConflictStats. Sud Kivu province, DR Congo: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/dr-congo/sud-kivu-province/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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