Risk events in Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
74 events were recorded: 61 conflict events and 13 unrest events.
74 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt
74 events· Democratic Republic of the Congo
Conflict
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 61
- 24 in the list
- Unrest
- 13
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
74 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Bunia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 fatalities · Uvira · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 fatalities · Bunia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Assault in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 2 · Uvira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Butembo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Lodja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 2 · Bunia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Bunia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Bunia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
11 fatalities · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Mbanza-Ngungu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bangui, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Bangui · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lodja, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 2 · Lodja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 fatalities · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Bangui, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Bangui · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Bangui, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Severity 3 · Bangui · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 fatalities · Rutshuru · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Hoima, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 fatality · Hoima · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 fatalities · Beni · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6 fatalities · Bunia · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo
51 fatalities · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 fatalities · Goma · Source: ucdp
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.