WhoHelpsHere

Aru

CD5409·Ituri·Democratic Republic of the Congo

At a glance

  • Organisations listed6
  • Share that are national or local16.7%
  • People in food crisis (phase 3 or worse)173,176
  • Displaced people recorded36,311
  • Violence events (12 mo)27

Trend: Rising: 20 political violence events in the last six months, against 7 in the six months before.

Source: Coordination & Context: Operational Presence for Democratic Republic of the Congo (2026-02-01 → 2026-02-28); Food Security, Nutrition & Poverty: Food Security for Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025-09-01 → 2025-12-31); Affected People: Internally-Displaced Persons for Democratic Republic of the Congo (2026-07-31 → 2026-07-31); Coordination & Context: Conflict Events for Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30). Every figure here is repeated in the section below that it comes from, with its full source line.

How bad is it

Food security (IPC / Cadre Harmonisé)

PhasePeople
Phase 1 — minimal303,058
Phase 2 — stressed389,646
Phase 3 — crisis129,882
Phase 4 — emergency43,294
Phase 5 — catastrophe0
Phase 3 or worse173,176
Population analysed865,880

Source: Food Security, Nutrition & Poverty: Food Security for Democratic Republic of the Congo — IPC / Cadre Harmonisé, via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2025-09-01 → 2025-12-31. Last modified: 2026-08-25. Open the dataset on HDX

Internal displacement

36,311

Displaced people recorded

Source: Affected People: Internally-Displaced Persons for Democratic Republic of the Congo — IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix and national partners, via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2026-07-31 → 2026-07-31. Last modified: 2026-09-18. Open the dataset on HDX

Is it getting worse

The three event categories below overlap: an event counted as civilian targeting is usually also counted as political violence. They must never be added together. Each is shown separately.

Political violence

Events: 27·Reported fatalities: 19

2025-10: 125-102025-11: 02025-12: 42026-01: 12026-02: 12026-03: 02026-04: 42026-05: 92026-06: 12026-07: 22026-08: 22026-09: 226-0990
MonthEventsReported fatalities
2025-10 1 0
2025-11 0 0
2025-12 4 1
2026-01 1 1
2026-02 1 0
2026-03 0 0
2026-04 4 6
2026-05 9 4
2026-06 1 0
2026-07 2 3
2026-08 2 2
2026-09 2 2
Σ 27 19

Violence against civilians

Events: 22·Reported fatalities: 12

2025-10: 125-102025-11: 02025-12: 32026-01: 12026-02: 12026-03: 02026-04: 32026-05: 82026-06: 12026-07: 12026-08: 22026-09: 126-0980
MonthEventsReported fatalities
2025-10 1 0
2025-11 0 0
2025-12 3 1
2026-01 1 1
2026-02 1 0
2026-03 0 0
2026-04 3 6
2026-05 8 0
2026-06 1 0
2026-07 1 2
2026-08 2 2
2026-09 1 0
Σ 22 12

Source: Coordination & Context: Conflict Events for Democratic Republic of the Congo — ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project), via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30. Last modified: 2026-09-19. Open the dataset on HDX

Who is helping here

6 organisations listed, 1 of them national or local (16.7%).

Food security 2 organisations, 0 national or local
  • Samaritan's Purse (SP) International
  • World Food Programme (WFP) United Nations
Nutrition 1 organisations, 0 national or local
  • COOPI International
Protection 3 organisations, 1 national or local
  • AJCC National / local
  • IEDA Relief International
  • Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) International

Source: Coordination & Context: Operational Presence for Democratic Republic of the Congo — OCHA and national humanitarian coordination structures (3W), via OCHA HDX HAPI. Reference period: 2026-02-01 → 2026-02-28. Last modified: 2026-09-18. Open the dataset on HDX