DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, YEAR 2018: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 25 February 2020 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015b; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015a; incid- ent data: ACLED, 22 February 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, YEAR 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Contents Conflict incidents by category Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Battles 628 361 1744 Conflict incidents by category 2 Violence against civilians 622 351 1286 Development of conflict incidents from 2009 to 2018 2 Strategic developments 170 0 0 Protests 122 10 17 Methodology 3 Riots 105 25 39 Conflict incidents per province 4 Explosions / Remote 8 3 9 violence Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 1655 750 3095 Disclaimer 6 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 22 February 2020). Development of conflict incidents from 2009 to 2018 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 22 February 2020). 2 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, YEAR 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Methodology in ACLED data. Province names and borders may differ between ACLED and GADM. Incidents that could not be located are ignored. The numbers included in The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event this overview might therefore differ from the original ACLED data. ACLED uses Data Project (ACLED). ACLED collects data on reported conflict events in selected varying degrees of geographic precision for the individual incidents, depending African and Asian countries, Democratic Republic of Congo being among them. on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in ACLED researchers collect event data from a variety of sources and code them by which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province date, location, agent, and event type. is known. Erroneous location data, especially due to identical place names, cannot be fully excluded. Most of the data collected by ACLED is gathered based on publicly available, secondary reports. It may therefore underestimate the volume of events. Fatality Incidents comprise the following categories: battles, headquarters or bases es- data particularly is vulnerable to bias and inaccurate reporting, and ACLED states tablished, non-violent strategic activities, riots/protests, violence against civilians, to use the most conservative estimate available. ACLED uses the reports’ context non-violent transfer of territory, remote violence. For details on these categories, to estimate fatalities for events with reported fatalities for which the exact number please see is unknown (“10” for plural fatalities, “100” if “hundreds” are mentioned, etc.). For further details on ACLED and for the full data, see www.acleddata.com and • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict Raleigh; Linke; Hegre, and Karlsen, 2010. Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) Codebook (2019), 10 April 2019a https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/10/ Based on this data, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research ACLED_Codebook_2019FINAL_pbl.pdf and Documentation (ACCORD) compiles updates on conflict incidents and pub- lishes them on ecoi.net to offer another access point to the ACLED datasets. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) User Quick Guide, April 2019b It is advised to employ extreme caution when using fatality numbers. https://www.acleddata.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2019/04/ General-User-Guide_FINAL.pdf Assessments of the security situation should not be based solely on quantitative analysis of event data. • ACLED – Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project: FAQs: ACLED Fatality Methodology, 27 January 2020 Note on the DR Congo: Administrative divisions (based on GADM data) are reflec- https://www.acleddata.com/download/17979/ ted as of before the 2015/2016 reform. The provinces displayed have been split into smaller provinces. Geographic map data is primarily based on GADM, complemented with other sources if necessary. Incidents are mapped to GADM provinces using the provinces 3 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, YEAR 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Conflict incidents per province In Bas-Congo, 11 incidents killing 14 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Boma, Kasangulu, Lukula, Matadi, Moanda, Mvuzi, Tambi. Number of Number of Number of Province incidents with incidents fatalities fatalities In Kasaï-Occidental, 63 incidents killing 113 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Dekese, Demba, Dibaya, Kakenge, Bandundu 15 7 540 Kamako, Kamonia, Kananga, Kananga Airport, Katanga, Katende, Katenga, Bas-Congo 11 4 14 Kazumba, Luebo, Luiza, Mweka, Ndombi, Nganza, Shamandongo, Kasaï-Occidental 63 27 113 Shokombenge, Tshikanda, Tshikapa, Tshikula. Kasaï-Oriental 16 2 3 Katanga 92 32 154 In Kasaï-Oriental, 16 incidents killing 3 people were reported. The following locations were among the affected: Dikoka, Hianga, Katanda, Lodja, Lubao, Kinshasa City 66 19 48 Lubefu, Lusambo, Mbuji Mayi, Mulo. Kivu 1086 562 1757 Orientale 288 89 451 In Katanga, 92 incidents killing 154 people were reported. The following Équateur 18 8 15 locations were among the affected: Bendera, Kabare, Kakanda, Kalembe, Kalemie, Kalima, Kalolo, Kamayi, Kambamba, Kambinga, Kamina, Kaputuka, Kashege, Kasumbalesa, Kawama, Kayumba, Kilembwe, Kisiki, Kolwezi, Localization of conflict incidents Kongolo, Lambo Katenga, Lubumbashi, Makutano, Malali, Malemba Nkulu, Manga, Mazonde, Muleba, Numbi, Nyunzu, Pweto, Ruashi, Tanganyika, Tshibambe. Note: The following list is an overview of the incident data included in the ACLED dataset. More details are available in the actual dataset (date, location data, event In Kinshasa City, 66 incidents killing 48 people were reported. The following type, involved actors, information sources, etc.). The data’s precision varies among locations were among the affected: Bandalungwa, Gombe, Kalamu, Kinshasa, the incidents: a town may represent a region, or the provincial capital may be Kisenso, Limete, Nsele. used if the precise location of an incident is unkown. In the following list, the names of event locations are taken from ACLED, while the administrative region names In Kivu, 1086 incidents killing 1757 people were reported. The following are taken from GADM data which serves as the basis for the maps above. locations were among the affected: Abia, Baraka, Barara, Baswagha, Beni, Bijombo, Bimpanga, Bingi, Bingo, Biriku, Bisangani, Bishusha, Bitakongo, In Bandundu, 15 incidents killing 540 people were reported. The following Bogabo, Boikene, Bubare, Buganza, Buhumba, Bukavu, Bulambo-Isale, locations were among the affected: Bongende, Bulungu, Gungu, Ibanda, Bulenga, Bulengera, Bulongo, Bunyakiri, Bunyampuli, Bunyereza, Burungu, Inongo, Kikwit, Mansele, Masi Manimba, Mongala, Nkolo 2, Yumbi. Busanza, Busawa, Bushumba, Busumba, Busurungi, Butale, Butembo, Butole, 4 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, YEAR 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Butumba, Buziba, Bwalanda, Bwegera, Bwenderu, Bwesho, Chamishasha, Nzovu, Oicha, Opira I, Pabuka, Paida, Pinga, Ramba, Rombe1, Rubare, Eringiti, Faringa, Fizi, Goma, Idjwi, Idjwi Island, Ishasha, Izege, Kabambare, Rubaya, Rugari, Rugenge, Rukoro, Rusayo, Rutemba, Rutshuru, Ruwenzori, Kabare, Kabase, Kabasewa, Kabasha, Kabere, Kabeya, Kabikokole, Rwangoma, Rwenzori, Rwindi, Sake, Sange, Saramabila, Sayo, Sesele, Kabindula, Kabunambo, Kabushwa, Kadou, Kafunzo, Kagogo, Kahira, Shabunda, Shanje, Sikwaila, Silimbamba, Tinge, Tongo, Totolito, Tshonka, Kahololo, Kahunga, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Kako, Kakombe, Kakuka I, Tubangoye, Tungudu, Ubwari Peninsula, Ugoma Mountains, Utunda, Uvira, Kakuku I, Kalehe, Kalembe, Kalengera, Kalima, Kalingi, Kaliro Mangina, Virunga National Park, Vitshumbi, Vuhombwe, Walikale, Waloa Loanda, Kalole-Mapeto, Kalungu, Kamango, Kamanyola, Kambale, Kamituga, Walungu, Wamaza, Ziralo. Kamohorera, Kaniro, Kanvinvira, Kanyabayonga, Kanyaminsindo, Kanyatsi, Kanyihunga Mambira, Karambi, Karuruma, Kasenga, Kasenya, Kasesa, In Orientale, 288 incidents killing 451 people were reported. The following Kashuga, Kasiki, Kasindi, Kasinga, Kasugho, Kasyiro, Katale, Katanga, locations were among the affected: Adjo, Ako, Ango, Angume, Aru, Aveba, Katendere, Katobo, Katoro, Katsiru, Katwiguru II, Katyaza, Kavumu, Kayna, Badiya, Badolo, Bamangana, Bambangana, Banalia, Banda, Bangadi, Kazimia, Kibati, Kibingu, Kibirizi, Kibua, Kibumba, Kibutu, Kididiwe, Kigoma, Bangalu, Basoko, Bavi, Bela, Bilisi, Blukwa, Boga, Bogoro, Bondo, Bule, Bunia, Kihoma, Kikuku, Kilambo, Kilembwe, Kiliba, Kimoka, Kindu, Kinigi, Burasi, Buta, Dakwa, Digba, Dikumba,