PRISM Alerts · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Alert 9
Democratic Republic of the Congo Conflict displacement worsening 13 October 2026

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 263,423 conflict-driven internal displacements between 2026-07-01 and 2026-07-31 (IDMC IDU)

Conflict-driven internal displacements per month (people)

According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, deduplicated to one figure per event, 263,423 conflict-driven internal displacements were recorded across 10 events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1 July and 31 July 2026. The alert was triggered because this total exceeds the fixed threshold of 50,000 displacements in a calendar month, and it is below the 90th percentile of the country's monthly record over the previous 18 months, which stands at 983,944. Events within the period reported by OCHA include 42,327 displacements linked to non-international armed conflict in North Kivu dated 31 July, 34,500 displacements of unclear cause in South Kivu dated 13 July and 34,100 displacements linked to non-international armed conflict in South Kivu dated 31 July.

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How this fired

RuleDisplacement in a month against the country's own record
Period2026-07-01 to 2026-07-31
Displacement in the month263,423
Events in the month10
Months of history compared18
90th percentile of that history983,944
Judged againstan absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 983,944. Fired on: abs_floor.
Detected13 October 2026, run 19

Evidence

IDMC Internal Displacement Updates, deduplicated to one figure per event Country page All alerts for Democratic Republic of the Congo JSON
key displacement_window:COD:conflict:2026-07