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: 5.2 anxiety · 3.5 anger · 58.2 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 2026-10-02). Tone split: 100% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (127)
• Republic of the Congo (77)
• Rwanda (45)
• Uganda (21)
• United States (19)
• Switzerland (12)

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 +2.5%, reader interest -5.8%.

Top recent articles

1. Congo-Kinshasa: Des opérations de l'AFC/M23 contre les FDLR visent systématiquement les civils, selon un rapport de l'ONU — allafrica.com
2. Un écogarde tué et une sous - station de la Réserve de faune à okapis incendiée lors dune attaque des ADF à Nduye — radiookapi.net
3. Des femmes journalistes à Beni renforcent leurs capacités pour lutter contre le cyberharcèlement — radiookapi.net
4. Nga Millosheviç te Putin / Receta e frikshme : krijo armikun dhe justifiko dhunën — shqipmedia.com
5. 中国公民尽快撤离或转移 ！ 我使馆重要提醒 — news.sina.com.cn
6. Notre semaine culturelle : Joël Andrianomearisoa , Cheikh Sidi Bémol , Josèfa Ntjam , Orakle , Thierno Diallo … — mondafrique.com
7. MSF Staff Member Tests Positive for Ebola in Congo , Aid Organisation Says — medscape.com
8. Ituri : « La CRP nest pas une communauté , la CODECO non plus », les forces vives mettent en garde contre les amalgames — mediacongo.net
9. Congo - Kinshasa : Un membre de Médecins sans frontières infecté par Ebola évacué vers les Pays - Bas — allafrica.com
10. DRC : Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patient survival – WHO – RNA NEWS — rnanews.com
11. RDC - Rwanda : Jacques Kongolo conteste les propos de lambassadeur Martin Ngoga au Conseil de sécurité — mediacongo.net
12. Assassinat de Lumumba : un nouvel angle sur la plus longue conspiration (…) — afriquesenlutte.org
13. Ebola case drop in DRC may mask continued spread : Africa CDC — prokerala.com
14. UN - AU Cooperation : Reflections on the Past Decade and the Way Forward — securitycouncilreport.org
15. Great Lakes Region ( DRC ) — securitycouncilreport.org
16. Sudan , October 2026 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report — securitycouncilreport.org
17. Id rather die here than in Africa : Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Daily Press — dailypress.com
18. Congo - Kinshasa : Au - delà des enjeux politiques - Alain Lubamba préconise un dialogue de reconquête de la souveraineté économique nationale ! — fr.allafrica.com
19. Congo - Kinshasa : Les violences entravent la riposte contre Ebola en Ituri — allafrica.com
20. Служител на Лекари без граници е с положителен тест за ебола в Конго — dnes.bg
21. Id rather die here than in Africa : Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Greeley Tribune — greeleytribune.com
22. Kongossa Lkärit ilman rajoja - järjestön työntekijä sairaalaan ebolatartunnan vuoksi — yle.fi
23. Congo Ebola epidemic passes 8 , 000 cases and nears 4 , 000 deaths as attacks on health workers mount — wsws.org
24. Dian Fossey Original Story on Life With the Gorillas — nationalgeographic.com
25. MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Congo , aid organisation says — cyprus-mail.com
26. APO Group - Africa Newsroom / Press release | North Kivu: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) builds new offices for the Beni military tribunal — africa-newsroom.com
27. Burundi Explained 2026 - Politics , Economy and Risks — riotimesonline.com
28. Arab News | MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Congo , aid organization says — arabnews.com
29. Id rather die here than in Africa : Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Loveland Reporter - Herald — reporterherald.com
30. Id rather die here than in Africa : Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Wilkes - Barre Citizen Voice — citizensvoice.com
31. Id rather die here than in Africa : Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Chico Enterprise - Record — chicoer.com
32. Ukraine war offers lessons for Africa - CAJ News Africa — cajnewsafrica.com
33. APO Group - Africa Newsroom / Press release | North Kivu: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) project to support the social reintegration of former displaced women in Bulongo — africa-newsroom.com
34. Необычные неофициальные кинотрилогии : укушенные руки и исторический ревизионизм | Кино — mirf.ru
35. En République Démocratique du Congo , une guerre financée par le Minerai — toulouse7.com
36. Congo - Kinshasa : Dialogue national sous l ère Félix Tshisekedi - Du processus pyramidal à la nécessité dune analyse holistique de lEtat — fr.allafrica.com
37. Congo - Kinshasa : Masisi , l épicentre des combats AFC / M23 - FARDC à cause de ses richesses — allafrica.com
38. Time to get tough on food , booze and tobacco — politico.eu
39. Latest Articles — freerepublic.com
40. Left Behind : Trump is abandoning the evangelical base that elected him — alternet.org

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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 October 2, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.001% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 2 articles per day.

Is media coverage of DR Congo Conflict increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 2.5% 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 -4.38, which reads as 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 three 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.