Republic of the Congo

News coverage about Republic of the Congo accounts for 0.064% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (+0.8%). The average tone of this coverage is -1.73 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.064%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+0.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.73
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Republic of the Congo coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.06% on 2026-08-200.000.501.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Republic of the Congo coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.73 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 Republic of the Congo: 34 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0May 26Jun 11Jun 26Jul 15Aug 4Aug 15Aug 19

Diplomacy (5/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Republic of the Congo: 86 days, latest 5.00 on 2026-08-200.00100200May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (14/day latest)

Coercive events located in Republic of the Congo: 82 days, latest 14.00 on 2026-08-190.0025.050.0May 26Jun 9Jun 23Jul 10Jul 24Aug 8Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to 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, 3% of the coverage about Republic of the Congo came from outlets based in Republic of the Congo — the rest was written from abroad (5,378 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Republic of the Congo from domestic outlets (%): 48 days, latest 2.94 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0Jul 3Jul 11Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 12Aug 19

Share of articles about 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

  • Nampa (1)
  • Congo Basin (1)
  • Congo River (1)

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

Active topics in coverage about Republic of the Congo

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$16.3B
World Bank, 2025
Population
6.5M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
91.7%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.2%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
13,134
originating from Republic of the Congo
Refugees hosted
62,500
from other countries
Asylum seekers
8,109
pending claims, hosted

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

Coverage share measures articles published by 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”).