Democratic Republic of the Congo

News coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo accounts for 0.004% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is down 22.4% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +0.87 — neutral-to-positive.

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Coverage share
0.004%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-22.4%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+0.87
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Democratic Republic of the Congo coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.00% on 2026-10-040.000.100.20Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Democratic Republic of the Congo coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 0.87 on 2026-10-04+100-10Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (3/day latest)

Protest events located in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 30 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-10-020.0010.020.0Jul 7Jul 22Aug 6Aug 15Sep 3Sep 18Oct 2

Diplomacy (7/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 89 days, latest 7.00 on 2026-10-030.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 20Oct 3

Coercion & force (5/day latest)

Coercive events located in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 83 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 6Jul 20Aug 6Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19Oct 3

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, 24% 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 (1,765 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo from domestic outlets (%): 90 days, latest 33.33 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

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 (1)
  • Tshilombo (1)

Places named in coverage about Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2026-10-04 (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
3,068
best estimate
Civilian deaths
2,182
within the above
Recorded events
634
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, 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”).