DR Congo Conflict

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 8.4 anxiety · 8.4 anger · 14.6 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-19). Tone split: 50% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (69)
• Republic of the Congo (35)
• Rwanda (27)
• Uganda (19)

Countries where DR Congo Conflict coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -19.2%, reader interest +2.1% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. Congo-Kinshasa: Est du pays - Regain de tension entre l'armée congolaise et l'AFC/M23 au Nord et Sud-Kivu — allafrica.com
2. Congo-Kinshasa: Désenclavement et connectivité des provinces,- John Banza Lunda à Kisangani pour appuyer les provinces de la Tshopo, du Maniema et du Nord-Kivu. — allafrica.com
3. Congo-Kinshasa: Goma - Plus de 3 millions d'enfants visés par une vaccination intégrée contre la polio, la rougeole et la rubéole — allafrica.com
4. Ebola im Kongo : Ebola - Ausbruch noch lange nicht unter Kontrolle — mz.de
5. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — dailyadvance.com
6. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — rutlandherald.com
7. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — messenger-inquirer.com
8. Attacks on aid workers hit record high in 2025 , UN says — al-monitor.com
9. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — krmg.com
10. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — abcnews.com
11. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — leadertelegram.com
12. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — union-bulletin.com
13. Attacks on aid workers hit record high in 2025 , U . N . says — japantoday.com
14. Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health worker efforts to contain Ebola — cecildaily.com
15. Ebola en RDC : les violences aggravent le manque dambulances — senego.com
16. الأمم المتحدة : الهجمات على عمال الإغاثة بلغت مستويات قياسية في 2025 — shorouknews.com
17. Attacks on aid workers hit record high in 2025 , UN says — arabnews.com
18. Úřady DRC varují , že epidemie eboly je dosud nejhorší a teprve očekávají její vrchol | 19 . 8 . 2026 — blisty.cz
19. Congo Ebola outbreak far from being under control : WHO chief — koreaherald.com
20. Congo Ebola Outbreak Has Passed 2 , 300 Deaths and Is Now the Deadliest in the Country History — medicaldaily.com
21. SPARING A MOMENT FOR HUMANITARIAN WORKERS – THISDAYLIVE — thisdaylive.com
22. Congo - Kinshasa : Rentrée scolaire 2026 - Judith Suminwa mobilise le Gouvernement ! — fr.allafrica.com
23. DR Congo Ebola outbreak far from being under control WHO chief — jamaicaobserver.com
24. Evolution de la mise en œuvre de laccord de paix RDC - Rwanda — radiookapi.net
25. DR Congo Ebola outbreak far from being under control - WHO chief — vanguardngr.com
26. Congo - Kinshasa : Instrumentalisation des drames et agression du pays , Paix dans lEst ! La Communauté Banyamulenge désavoue Kigali et rejette lappel à linsurrection ! — fr.allafrica.com
27. La diaspora congolaise de Londres commémore les 22 ans du génocide des Tutsi Banyamulenge à Gatumba — rnanews.com
28. Return Hubs in Afrika : Uganda ist offenbar raus , Ruanda Europas letzte Hoffnung — n-tv.de
29. Congo - Kinshasa : La société civile exige larrêt immédiat de constructions jugées « illégales » dans le parking public à Beni — fr.allafrica.com
30. La société civile exige larrêt immédiat de constructions jugées « illégales » dans le parking public à Beni — radiookapi.net
31. Ebola outbreak reaches grim new record — africaleader.com
32. DRC Ebola Deaths Mount ( 2 , 300 Deaths Reported ) – Modern Tokyo Times — moderntokyotimes.com
33. Paratus expands Rwanda digital network - CAJ News Africa — cajnewsafrica.com
34. Congo - Kinshasa : DR Congo Authorities Warn Ebola Outbreak Is Worst to Date and Yet to Peak — allafrica.com
35. Ebola outbreak reaches grim new record — zimbabwestar.com
36. Disarmament of the FDLR : Kinshasa urged to draw up a precise timetable with MONUSCO — friendsofthecongo.org
37. DRC Congolese cyclist Miguel Masaisai reaches Kinshasa at the end of his journey for peace — friendsofthecongo.org
38. Epidemia de ebola na RDC já é a mais mortal da história do país — ultimosegundo.ig.com.br
39. Tshisekedi Arrives in Tanzania for Talks With Samia on Security , Trade — chimpreports.com
40. Ölümcül Ebola salgını yayılıyor : Ölüm oranı yüzde 47 , tedavisi yok ! — samanyoluhaber.com

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Related fact-checks

• "President Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo has offered the U.S. control over the country's vast minerals to persuade President Trump to send troops against the alleged Rwanda-backed M23 rebels."
  MisleadingVOA · 2025-02-27
• Video of US soldiers arriving in DR Congo
  FalseAFP Fact Check · 2025-01-31

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is DR Congo Conflict receiving right now?

As of August 19, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.001% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 4 articles per day.

Is media coverage of DR Congo Conflict increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 19.2% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about DR Congo Conflict?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -1.61, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.