EARTH · VERIFIED CONFLICT RECORD

Conflict in Congo, Dem. Rep.

NOT LIVE · CONGO, DEM. REP. RECORD RUNS 1 JAN 2024 → 31 MAY 2026

This is a verified record, not a live feed. UCDP hand-codes every event from published sources, which takes weeks — the newest event here is from 2026-05-31. For what is happening right now, LEV’s Global Incidents layer carries the machine-coded newswire at about fifteen minutes’ delay.

Between 1 Jan 2024 and 31 May 2026, researchers at Uppsala University hand-coded 2,048 events of organised violence in Congo, Dem. Rep. from published sources. Their best estimate is 15,716 people killed — and their own range runs 13,328–40,029, which is the honest width of what anyone actually knows.

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What the record holds

DEATHS RECORDED · UCDP BEST ESTIMATE15,716

UCDP range 13,328–40,029. On 24of these events UCDP’s own bounds do not bracket its own best estimate; the range above spans everything it published rather than hiding the conflict in the figures.

EVENTS2,048

1,946 placed precisely enough to map; 102 counted but not pinned, because UCDP could place them no closer than a province.

Who was doing the killing

State-based625 events · 6,039 killed (UCDP range 5,337–25,610) — A government is one of the sides — a civil war or a war between states.

Non-state343 events · 1,277 killed (UCDP range 1,142–4,225) — Two armed groups fight each other and neither is a government — militias, cartels, communal violence.

One-sided1,080 events · 8,400 killed (UCDP range 6,849–10,194) — An armed group or government kills civilians who are not fighting back.

The conflicts behind the events

DR Congo (Zaire): Government5,595
4,989–24,838 · 469 ev

IS - Civilians4,585
4,152–5,525 · 486 ev

AFC - Civilians1,753
1,335–2,061 · 203 ev

AFC - VDP1,026
930–3,973 · 309 ev

URDPC - Civilians781
706–815 · 128 ev

Government of DR Congo (Zaire) - Civilians558
140–579 · 89 ev

The deadliest single event on record

23 JAN 2025 · GOMA TOWN1,599 killed †

UCDP range 1,569–1,599. UCDP publishes low 1,599 and high 1,569 against a best estimate of 1,599 — its own bounds do not bracket its own figure, so the range shown spans everything UCDP published for this event.

DR Congo (Zaire): Government · state-based violence — a government is one of the sides — a civil war or a war between states.

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Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Uppsala University — UCDP GED v26.1 + UCDP Candidate v26_0_1..v26_0_5, released under CC BY 4.0. Coverage ends 31 May 2026. UCDP records Congo, Dem. Rep. under the name “DR Congo (Zaire)”. Every figure on this page is UCDP’s, aggregated and labelled — none is modelled or estimated by LEV.