Republic of the Congo

News coverage about Republic of the Congo accounts for 0.089% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is up 3.8% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -2.56 — negative.

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Coverage share
0.089%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+3.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.56
negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Republic of the Congo coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.09% on 2026-10-040.000.250.50Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Republic of the Congo coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.56 on 2026-10-04+100-10Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Republic of the Congo: 32 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-10-030.005.010.0Jul 7Jul 23Aug 5Aug 16Sep 11Oct 2Oct 3

Diplomacy (13/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Republic of the Congo: 89 days, latest 13.00 on 2026-10-030.0050.0100Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 3

Coercion & force (3/day latest)

Coercive events located in Republic of the Congo: 85 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 6Aug 21Sep 7Sep 23Oct 3

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 (4,591 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Republic of the Congo from domestic outlets (%): 90 days, latest 4.26 on 2026-10-030.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

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

  • Brazzaville (7)
  • Kouilou (1)
  • Djiri (1)
  • Makotipoko (1)

Places named in coverage about Republic of the Congo on 2026-10-04 (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”).