According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, 301,059 conflict-driven internal displacements were recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo across 8 events between 1 and 30 September 2026. The alert was triggered because this monthly total exceeded the fixed threshold of 50,000 displacements, and the figure remained below 967,980, the 90th percentile of the country's own monthly record over the previous 20 months. The largest single figure in the evidence, 88,407 displacements dated 30 September 2026, relates to an event in South Kivu with an unclear or unknown cause and is sourced to OCHA, while a further 44,800 displacements on the same date were linked to non-international armed conflict in South Kivu, according to local authorities and OCHA.
| Rule | Displacement in a month against the country's own record |
| Period | 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30 |
| Displacement in the month | 301,059 |
| Events in the month | 8 |
| Months of history compared | 20 |
| 90th percentile of that history | 967,980 |
| Judged against | an absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 967,980. Fired on: abs_floor. |
| Detected | 30 October 2026, run 51 |