Democratic Republic of the Congo

News coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo accounts for 0.025% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 4.9% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -1.89 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.025%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-4.9%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.89
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Democratic Republic of the Congo coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.03% on 2026-08-200.000.250.50May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Democratic Republic of the Congo coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.89 on 2026-08-20+100-10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 29 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.0010.020.0May 28Jun 13Jul 3Jul 20Aug 5Aug 14Aug 19

Diplomacy (12/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 85 days, latest 12.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 10Jun 26Jul 11Jul 26Aug 10Aug 19

Coercion & force (1/day latest)

Coercive events located in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 80 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0May 26Jun 10Jun 24Jul 9Jul 24Aug 9Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Democratic Republic of the Congo, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 22% of the coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo came from outlets based in Democratic Republic of the Congo — the rest was written from abroad (1,695 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 20.83 on 2026-08-190.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

Share of articles about Democratic Republic of the Congo produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Kinshasa (3)

Places named in coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$91.0B
World Bank, 2025
Population
112.8M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
87.3%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.2%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
3,329
best estimate
Civilian deaths
2,383
within the above
Recorded events
676
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-08-01..2026-07-31, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
5,669,479
within the country
Refugees abroad
1,176,489
originating from Democratic Republic of the Congo
Refugees hosted
503,732
from other countries
Asylum seekers
100,112
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Monitored relationships

Each link opens the bilateral co-coverage dashboard for the pair.

Coverage share measures articles published by Democratic Republic of the Congo-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).