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2,825 | 2,019 | 12 | 27 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Baraka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -4.104123 | 29.094035 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | One UN international staff member was kidnapped along with 2 other private security guards (not counted here) in Baraka, South Kivu. Media reports indicate the armed perpetrators, part of a South Kivu militia, requested ransom for their release. All three individuals were released on December 30, 2019.
| Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,465 | 2,022 | 1 | 7 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Goma-Kitchanga road | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.423139 | 29.0195 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators on the Goma-Kitchanga road in Masisi territory. They were released on January 12.
| Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,164 | 2,020 | 10 | 8 | CD | DR Congo | Centre | Bukavu | Bukavu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -2.5 | 28.866667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff was attacked and severely beaten by a mob of unknown men in Bukavu. He was left unconscious and his belongings stolen.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
213 | 2,003 | 1 | null | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Mwenga | Uvira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.285076 | 28.18013 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5 NRCS national staff wounded when car was fired upon near Uvira. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,573 | 2,026 | 2 | 18 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | May Ya Moto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.931001 | 29.339094 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One INGO driver was shot and injured during an ambush on a convoy of aid vehicles for economic reasons in May Ya Moto, Rutshuru, North Kivu. | Pending | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,555 | 2,024 | 6 | 16 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Goma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -1.660575 | 29.218395 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker from an implementing partner of an INGO was killed in Goma. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
418 | 2,006 | 1 | null | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | null | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Detention/arrest | Ambush | Road | -0.84118 | 29.388459 | Economic | Host state | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | 3 INGO national staff detained: vehicles hijacked with their drivers for 7 days (1 for 7 days, 2 for 3 days) in Rutshuru. By FARDC to transport troops & materials. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,421 | 2,021 | 10 | 5 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Bukavu | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.029454 | 29.09187 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped by suspected Mai Mai militia members while travelling 119km south of Uvira, Fizi district for ransom. They were freed on October 9.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
119 | 2,000 | 7 | 9 | CD | DR Congo | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Ambush | Unknown | -2.981434 | 23.822264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national and 1 international (Kenyan) wounded along with 3 other health workers (not counted here) in July 9 ambush that killed local health center director (also not counted here). | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,548 | 2,018 | 12 | 17 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Loashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.360432 | 28.79195 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male UN Agency driver was shot and killed during an ambush of their 2-vehicle convoy, roughly 70km north-west of Goma at Loashi at 8:30am. The food distribution mission aimed to reached Nyabiondo, but was reportedly ambushed by three armed men in civilian clothes. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,211 | 2,008 | 10 | 29 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Kiwanja | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -1.157667 | 29.431222 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff wounded when attacked as they sought to flee the town of Kiwanja, two hours north of Goma, October 29. Eight INGO vehicles carrying the three foreigners (there was also a Guinean doctor), all the Congolese staff not originally from the region, and some of their family members (a total of 28 p... | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,467 | 2,020 | 10 | 16 | CD | DR Congo | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Unknown | Home | -4.321529 | 15.311853 | Other | Police or paramilitary | Congolese National Police | One male national UN staff member was arrested from his home in Kinshasa due to motives not related to his humanitarian work. He was detained at the police station overnight and released the following day. | Archived | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,077 | 2,020 | 9 | 16 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Lubero | Kasiki | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.103685 | 29.297175 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One INGO male national staff was killed and another seriously injured, after their 2 vehicle convoy was ambushed 11km NW of Luofo on the Kasiki-Luofu road in Lubero, North Kivu, after returning from distributing humanitarian aid to IDPs. The convoy was reportedly intercepted by suspected local Mai Mai Militia. Two othe... | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,213 | 2,020 | 12 | 1 | CD | DR Congo | Tanganyika | Kabalo | Kabalo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | -6.05 | 26.916667 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One INGO national staff was shot and injured after criminal perpetrators raided a hotel in Kabalo, shot the staff, and robbed the hotel.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,728 | 2,023 | 3 | 11 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Between Uvira and Bukavu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.263904 | 8.928985 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO aid workers were ambushed and kidnapped by unknown actors when returning from a food distribution in Kikonde, Fizi, South Kivu. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,009 | 2,019 | 6 | 6 | CD | DR Congo | Irumu | Bunia | Bunia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 1.55941 | 30.25224 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One ICRC national male staff member was assaulted after community members broke out into mob violence, in a project site in Bunia, over Ebola stigma. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,659 | 2,013 | 1 | 31 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.816957 | 29.109423 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO female staff member was abducted, but was released three days later. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,684 | 2,019 | 5 | 25 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Mabalako | Vusahiro village | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Mob violence | Project site | 0.517895 | 29.311459 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One member of the Ebola team for prevention and control of infections died after suffering serious injuries during an attack. Reports indicate local residents of the Mabalako health sector in Vusahiro village attacked the Ebola team. The seriously injured staff member was being transferred to a hospital when he succumb... | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,609 | 2,019 | 3 | 24 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | null | Butembo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 0.129899 | 29.292641 | Political | Aid recipient | Ebola victim families | One UN staff member was assaulted by a group of Butembo residents and alleged family members of an Ebola victim. A total of three UN staff were assaulted, with only one injured and treated at the local Ebola treatment center. This incident follows a trend of numerous attacks on aid workers in North Kivu throughout Marc... | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,225 | 2,025 | 7 | null | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | -2.519337 | 28.846713 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One aid worker was killed by M23 militants during a targeted attack at an NGO-supported medical facility in South Kivu. | Pending | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,073 | 2,024 | 2 | 7 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Sake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | -1.563426 | 29.059267 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One NGO aid worker was killed during an attack by the March 23 Movement (M23) on Sake, Masisi, North Kivu. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,819 | 2,014 | 8 | 31 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rutshuru, Mabenga | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.012818 | 29.356943 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) | Two national INGO doctors were abducted by individuals suspected to be part of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). They were released the following day after family members reportedly paid a ransom. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,203 | 2,024 | 3 | 31 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Karisimbi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.663739 | 29.228713 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Wazalendo | While off duty, one ICRC driver was killed by suspected Wazalendo in Goma, North Kivu. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,423 | 2,013 | 5 | 4 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rutshuru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.183623 | 29.448832 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staffer was shot dead by unknown gunmen. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,274 | 2,009 | 12 | 12 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Kitchanga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.25042 | 29.060718 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff shot dead in Kitchanga Centre at 7:45 p.m. on 12 December. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,728 | 2,025 | 3 | 25 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Walikale | Buleusa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.775723 | 28.988927 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One INGO driver was kidnapped by M23 militants over accusations of transporting medical supplies for another armed group in Buleusa, Walikale, North Kivu. The project was temporarily suspended due to the incident. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,865 | 2,020 | 3 | 7 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Sebele village | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.39534 | 29.137791 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO driver travelling few kilometers away from Sebele village, approx. 12km E of Baraka, was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators. Reports indicate he was travelling from Kazimia to Baraka when he was taken. The NGO vehicle was left on the road. No further information is available at this time.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,270 | 2,009 | 9 | 6 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Butembo | Butembo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 0.124969 | 29.291955 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead in Butembo by unidentified armed men at 10 p.m. on 6 September. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,860 | 2,019 | 1 | 27 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Goma - Sake road | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.640183 | 29.178362 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was kidnapped by a suspected criminal group on the road between Goma and Sake. The staff member was among 6 other passengers travelling in private vehicles when they were ambushed near the forest. After the kidnappers made contact with the staff members wife and requested ransom, he ... | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,186 | 2,020 | 2 | 12 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Kimbi Lulenge | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | Two INGO national staff were beaten and injured after security forces raided their project site accusing the staff of medically treating rebels.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
409 | 2,005 | 12 | null | CD | DR Congo | null | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -2.981434 | 23.822264 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff held hostage in protest of demobilized soldiers not being paid. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,982 | 2,023 | 11 | 13 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Fizi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO aid workers were abducted when unknown armed men ambushed the convoy they were travelling in. Three vehicles were burnt during the incident. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,545 | 2,025 | 1 | null | CD | DR Congo | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Project site | -4.335573 | 15.351579 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mobondo militia | One NNGO aid worker was killed during a kidnapping event on a farm in Kinshasa. An unknown number of aid workers were kidnapped and later released after their families paid the ransom. (not counted) | Pending | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,020 | 2,015 | 11 | 1 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Katwiguru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.18557 | 29.446951 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Fourteen NGO national staff members (including 2 drivers) were abducted by unknown assailants while they were returning from a fact-finding mission in Katwiguru town within Rutshuru. They were released two days later on November 3rd. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,229 | 2,009 | 7 | 20 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Walikale | Kiwanja, Buzito Quarter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot dead in Buzito quarter, in his house at 7pm on 20 July. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,498 | 2,022 | 2 | 23 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Uvira | Uvira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One male NGO staff member was robbed and killed in Uvira at a transfer shop, some reports indicate the staff may have been in debt to the shop but the motive is unknown.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,338 | 2,024 | 10 | 29 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Kiwanja | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | -1.154409 | 29.429141 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One INGO aid worker was injured by a stray bullet during a confrontation between M23 and another armed group in Kiwanja, Rutshuru, North Kivu. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
917 | 2,010 | 4 | 13 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | null | null | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.285076 | 28.18013 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Yakutumba | 7 ICRC national staff and 1 ICRC international (Swiss) staff kidnapped by a group called the Mai Mai Yakutumba in Uvira region; released 16 April. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,160 | 2,016 | 9 | 5 | CD | DR Congo | Haut-Uele | Dungu | Doruma, between Gangala and Masombo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.724744 | 27.676277 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) | Three INGO staff were shot at by suspected LRA rebels when traveling between Gangala and Masombo. The driver was shot in the shoulder and had to be admitted to a health center in Doruma and later medevac'd to Nyakonde. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,101 | 2,024 | 3 | 12 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Goma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -1.675985 | 29.221365 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One male INGO aid worker was shot and injured when armed criminals raided his home to steal personal belongings in Goma, North Kivu. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,295 | 2,024 | 9 | 19 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Kalonge | Cholobero | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -2.317416 | 28.786598 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO director was shot and killed by members of an unknown armed group who demanded the payment of a toll on a roadblock in Cholobero, Kalonge. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,244 | 2,020 | 9 | 16 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Muhanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -1.19209 | 29.15049 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN contracted truck driver carrying food from Goma to Mpati near Muhanga was ambushed and assaulted with a machete by unknown criminals.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
962 | 2,009 | 12 | 1 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Butembo | Butembo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 0.124969 | 29.291955 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff contracted driver was injured during a convoy attack. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,469 | 2,019 | 9 | 14 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Uvira | Rukobero | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.39534 | 29.13779 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped by a unidentified armed group near Rukobero, Uvira, South Kivu. The unidentified perpetrators demanded a ransom for the release of the staff. The staff members whereabouts are currently unknown. Coordinates set to Uvira. | Archived | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,472 | 2,021 | 12 | 1 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Bibokoboko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two private truck staff contracted to deliver humanitarian supplies to Bibokoboko, Fizi, were shot and killed when their truck was ambushed by unknown armed men. 2 other civilian passengers were also killed (not counted here).
| Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,636 | 2,022 | 9 | 6 | CD | DR Congo | Ituri | Mambasa | Bango | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 0.971534 | 29.116032 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) | The body of one NRCS staff member was found in the Mekima forest a 1 hour walk south of Bango village, Mambasa. Reports indicate he was beheaded by the ADF rebel group. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
108 | 2,000 | 4 | 4 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Uvira | Uvira | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -3.405587 | 29.137551 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed in Uvira, April 4. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,381 | 2,018 | 2 | 27 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Mweso-Kalembe Intersection | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.665868 | 29.211771 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Gunmen intercepted and abducted an INGO contracted driver and his assistant along the Mweso-Kalembe road axis. The vehicle was clearly marked. No additional information about their whereabouts is available at this time. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,239 | 2,011 | 2 | 15 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rutshuru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.183623 | 29.448832 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO driver was wounded in both his arms after unidentified armed men in military clothing at the side of the road shot at his vehicle, | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,710 | 2,019 | 4 | 24 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | null | Walikale | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.384977 | 28.092944 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national INGO staff members were ambushed approximately 18km outside the city of Walikale on the Malikale-Masisi road, while returning from Mpofi. During the ambush the 2 staff members were kidnapped by unknown perpetrators. The staff were later released. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
38 | 1,998 | 1 | null | CD | DR Congo | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -2.981434 | 23.822264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 ICRC national staff driver killed in ambush. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,480 | 2,025 | 2 | 20 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Masisi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | -1.399441 | 28.819487 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One INGO aid worker was shot when bullets from a confrontation between M-23 and VDP/Wazalendo hit the INGO warehouse. The aid worker later died due to the injuries. | Pending | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,369 | 2,018 | 2 | 17 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Mushikir | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.18557 | 29.446951 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two aid workers were killed and one abducted on February 17th. The attack occurred in the village of Mushikiri located on the Nyanzal | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,048 | 2,010 | 9 | 23 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Walikale | Kisheshe/ Nyanzale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 national staff (driver) wounded when the INGO vehicle he was driving was shot at on the road. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,083 | 2,020 | 9 | 18 | CD | DR Congo | Ituri | Irumu | null | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO national staff members were abducted from their project site in Irumu territory, not far from Bunia. The site (but not staff) have previously been attacked and damaged earlier in September by a coalition of armed actors.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,988 | 2,015 | 6 | 29 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Uvira | Uvira | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -3.4 | 29.15 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An national INGO staff member was shot during a home invasion by a group of armed gunmen. The assailants stole money and fled when police approached the scene.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,754 | 2,022 | 10 | 26 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Masisi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One national male INGO aid worker was arrested and beaten by fellow inmates in Masisi, North Kivu.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
663 | 2,008 | 12 | 11 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Bukavu | Bukavu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -2.505541 | 28.859569 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 INGO national staff shot and killed on Thursday night by his home in the center of Bukavu. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,109 | 2,024 | 9 | 21 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Bambo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | -1.082646 | 29.2272 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by M23 militants over accusations of collaborating with other armed actors. The aid worker is still in captivity and was allegedly tortured. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
142 | 2,001 | 4 | 26 | CD | DR Congo | Irumu | Bunia | Bunia (near) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 1.5625 | 30.248417 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 ICRC international (Swiss, Colombian) and 4 national staff ambushed and killed near Bunia. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,124 | 2,020 | 11 | 27 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Bwalanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -1.187265 | 29.446004 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national staff from an INGO was attacked by an unknown militia and had his arm mutilated and amputated in Bwalanda village, Rutshuru.
| Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,762 | 2,022 | 3 | 31 | CD | DR Congo | Bandundu | Kwilu | Between Kinshasa and Kikwit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -5.038611 | 18.818056 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Kuluna gang | One national UN-contracted driver was injured with knives by a gang-armed group between Kinshasa and Kikwit.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,363 | 2,024 | 11 | 25 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Ndosho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -1.629989 | 29.18438 | Economic | Criminal | Criminal | One male NGO aid worker was injured when unknown criminals entered his home and stole his personal belongings in Ndosho, Goma, North Kivu. One other civilian was also wounded during the attack (not counted). | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,411 | 2,018 | 5 | 13 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | null | null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.86362 | 28.75435 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was abducted near Penemede, near the administrative border between South Kivu and Maniema, when armed men ambushed an INGO motorcycle convey composed of five workers. Two motorcycles were also taken in the attack. The whereabouts of the worker and the motive for the attack are unknown at this time... | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,209 | 2,016 | 8 | 11 | CD | DR Congo | Equateur | Basankusu | Basankusu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.217441 | 19.800838 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two robbers shot and killed an INGO aid worker during a robbery and stole a significant amount of money which was reportedly part of the organization's payroll funds. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,070 | 2,016 | 2 | null | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Fizi (near) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -4.297905 | 28.956099 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Armed assailants fired upon an INGO vehicle, injuring the driver who had to be take to Fizi hospital. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,678 | 2,019 | 3 | 31 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Butembo | Mwemero Cellule | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 0.15 | 29.283333 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | Two Ebola response team members were assaulted and injured by a group of local residents in Butembo. The team was preforming a burial of one Ebola victim in Mwemero Cellule, Wayene Quarter, Bulengera Commune of Butembo, when they were attacked. The injured staff were taken to the Butembo Ebola sub-coordination office f... | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,052 | 2,010 | 12 | 17 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rutshuru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Unknown | -0.66667 | 28.75 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 drivers from an INGO beaten and threatened with death during an attack on their organisation's vehicle, in which goods and money were stolen. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,098 | 2,016 | 6 | 3 | CD | DR Congo | South-Ubangi | Budjala | Lemera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.031597 | 28.993615 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Armed gunmen ambushed two INGO vehicles and robbed the passengers at gunpoint. The driver was injured and had to be treated at a hospital. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
156 | 2,001 | 8 | null | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Mwenga | Ruzizi Plain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.16667 | 28.25 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | 1 INGO international (French) staff and 2 nationals kidnapped by Mai-Mai groups on the Ruzizi Plain in eastern DRC in late August, and held for almost one week, prompting the INGO to temporarily suspend their operations in the Eastern DRC (OFDA rpt). | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
229 | 2,003 | 5 | 11 | CD | DR Congo | null | null | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -2.981434 | 23.822264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NRCS national staff were killed May 11. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,181 | 2,011 | 11 | 20 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Masisi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | -1.396951 | 28.812377 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | An international staff member working for a medical INGO suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder when armed men forced their way in to the INGO's residential compound and opened fire. He was treated by his colleagues. The mobile medical activities in the area were suspended, but the INGO continued limited support to t... | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,467 | 2,025 | 2 | 5 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Kabirangiriro | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -1.182704 | 29.444003 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | Three national INGO aid workers were attacked and killed in Kabirangiriro, Rutshuru, North Kivu. The organisation suspended operations after the incident. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,892 | 2,019 | 4 | 6 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Butembo | Butembo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 0.14164 | 29.29117 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Two male national INGO staff were wounded when a civilian assaulted them at a project site in Butembo. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
298 | 2,004 | 5 | null | CD | DR Congo | null | null | null | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Unknown | -2.981434 | 23.822264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 INGO international staff wounded (1 raped, 1 shot) in armed attack by unidentified soldiers. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,089 | 2,020 | 10 | 15 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Baraka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.104123 | 29.094035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff driver was reportedly kidnapped in Baraka town. He was released 48 hours later by his unknown abductors.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,860 | 2,014 | 11 | 24 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rutshuru, between Bunagan and Kiwnaja | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.183699 | 29.450173 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO employee was killed an another injured in a carjacking attempt. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,584 | 2,025 | 9 | 15 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Goma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -1.662716 | 29.214115 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One female INGO aid worker was injured during a robbery attempt in Gaoma, North Kivu. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,855 | 2,019 | 5 | 16 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Ruzizi Plain | Bwegera villages | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.372884 | 29.144879 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN agency contracted truck driver was ambushed on the road 55km north of Uvira near the villages of Bwegera by unknown criminal perpetrators. The driver was kidnapped and held for ransom for two days and then released. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,108 | 2,024 | 8 | 31 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Goma | Goma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Unknown | Public location | -1.675985 | 29.221365 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Congolese National Police | One UN aid worker and one INGO aid worker were arrested along with 20 other civilians by the Congolese National Police over accusations of preparing a demonstration in Goma, North Kivu. The aid workers were released after their superiors intervened. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,159 | 2,024 | 4 | 8 | CD | DR Congo | Ituri | Mambasa | Kandiasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Public location | 1.372558 | 28.996508 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) | One NRCS aid worker was kidnapped, along with 5 other civilians (not counted), in Mambasa by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) after an armed incursion into a community field. The body of the aid worker was found beheaded on April 23 in the forest of Kindiasa village, Ituri. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,176 | 2,025 | 6 | 6 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rumangabo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.344414 | 29.362786 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | Two INGO aid workers were kidnapped by M-23 militants during an ambush on an aid convoy in North Kivu. The aid workers were released two weeks later. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,736 | 2,013 | 2 | 10 | CD | DR Congo | Irumu | Bunia | Bunia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Incidental | null | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) | One national UN worker was severely beaten by FARDC soldiers for having committed adultery. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,096 | 2,011 | 4 | 10 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Uvira | Ngomo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.39534 | 29.13779 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two staff (one national, one international) were wounded when unidentified armed men in military uniforms attacked and looted an INGO vehicle. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,379 | 2,018 | 3 | 18 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Lubero | Bwatsinge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -0.15496 | 29.243701 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national staff member for an INGO was killed by gunmen in Bwatsinge village, Lubero. At this time there is no further information available about this incident. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,044 | 2,010 | 10 | 15 | CD | DR Congo | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Kinshasa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -4.321706 | 15.312597 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO local employee, accompanied by his siblings, was attacked by a group armed with knives, and robbed. The employee was hit with a machete on his hand and his fingers suffered major injuries. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,094 | 2,024 | 10 | 8 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Kabizo Gr Tongo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.168378 | 29.235332 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by M23 militants after being mistaken for a CMC collaborator in Kabizo Gr Tongo, Rutshuru, North Kivu. Two other civilians were also killed (not counted). | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,174 | 2,021 | 2 | 23 | CD | DR Congo | Kasai-Oriental | Mbuji-Mayi | Mbuji-Mayi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | -6.15 | 23.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One humanitarian staff member was reportedly killed in the city of Mbuji-Mayi. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Pending | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,405 | 2,024 | 10 | 24 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Lubero | Kasugho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -4.429965 | 15.347798 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One NGO aid worker was stabbed with a knife in a suspected attempted kidnapping in Lubero, North Kivu, by the Mai Mai militia. The perpetrators took the aid workers motorcycle after the attack. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,451 | 2,021 | 11 | 30 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | null | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.4 | 28.8 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two ICRC staff, one national and one international, were kidnapped in Masisi on November 30 by unknown gunmen and released on December 11.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
234 | 2,003 | 6 | 6 | CD | DR Congo | null | null | null | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -2.981434 | 23.822264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1 UN national staff killed by gunshot, June 6. | Archived | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,671 | 2,022 | 11 | 4 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Masisi | Mwenso | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | Two national INGO aid workers were shot and killed by unknown actors in a street in Mwenso, North Kivu. The second INGO worker was killed while assisting an administrative servant previously shot. Both of the shootings were done by the same actors.
| Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,511 | 2,021 | 11 | 20 | CD | DR Congo | Tanganyika | Kalemie | Lambo Katenga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -5.94749 | 29.19471 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One UN national staff was shot and wounded by Mai Mai militia in Lambo Katenga, Kalemie.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,924 | 2,023 | 9 | 4 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | May-Safi | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.183333 | 29.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO national aid workers were abducted by unknown men in May-Safi village, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu. They were released several days later after random was paid. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
3,120 | 2,020 | 11 | 3 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Fizi | Abonyonyi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mayi-Mayi Biloze Bishambuke | Three INGO staff members were ambushed and kidnapped while travelling in Abonyoni village, 3 km from Fizi town. Reports indicate the perpetrators were Mayi-Mayi Biolze Bishambuke militants and demanded ransom for the staff members. They were released several days later.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,263 | 2,011 | 11 | 1 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Rutshuru | Rutshuru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.183623 | 29.448832 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) | An INGO national staffer was kidnapped in an ambush by armed men. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
4,175 | 2,023 | 9 | null | CD | DR Congo | Tanganyika | Kalemie | Kalemie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -5.918541 | 29.188183 | Economic | Criminal | Criminal | One NGO aid worker was injured with a machete by criminal actors who robbed the house in Kalemie, Tanganyika. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
1,276 | 2,010 | 6 | 29 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Beni | Beni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 0.49113 | 29.47306 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One LNGO staff shot dead in his house at 11 p.m. on 29 June. | Pending | Archived | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
2,101 | 2,016 | 5 | 25 | CD | DR Congo | North Kivu | Lubero | Luofu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.594896 | 29.09727 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO staff members were ambushed by armed men in Timbo-Timbo, North Kivu while travelling in two separate vehicles. Two of the ambushed staff members managed to escape. Two remaining staff members were released on the sixth day and did not suffer maltreatment. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
5,106 | 2,024 | 7 | 4 | CD | DR Congo | South Kivu | Kalehe | Kigoma Gr Buzi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Individual attack | Public location | -1.678917 | 29.077888 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Congolese National Police | One INGO aid worker was arrested by the Congolese Police after local residents attempted to lynch him over accusations of collaboration with M23 militants in Kigoma Gr Buzi, Kalehe, South Kivu. The aid worker was freed after a fine was paid. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
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