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DR Congo-Rwanda conflict.

Critical · 100/100Civil Waractive18,705 dispatches indexedlatest event May 15, 2026
Escalation
100
·Critical · /100
Events · 24h
1
▼-142 vs 7d avg
Fatalities · 7d
202
▲+116 vs prior 7d
Media divergence
—
·Divergence
Rwanda & Uganda (M23 and allied forces)
Rwanda
DRC & Regional Allies
DRC
Active support
Other principal actors
BelgiumGermanyUnited States
Escalation trajectory · 90 days · composite of event frequency × severity × geographic spread
34,922
total events across belligerents · 95 daily data points
Annotated milestones
1 of 4
2008 GLOBAL2026-02-122026-03-312026-05-19
Source · intelligence_events · all severity tiersHover any annotated dot for full milestone
Fatalities · 90 days · weekly
620
610 Rwanda & Uganda (M23 and allied forces) · 10 DRC & Regional Allies
Rwanda & Uganda (M23 and allied forces)DRC & Regional Allies
2026-02-092026-05-11172
Source · casualties_daily aggregated by ISO week14 weeks
No daily brief has been generated for this conflict yet. Briefs are produced for the highest-activity conflicts first; this one becomes eligible as coverage volume climbs.
Top 10
High-severity events
Severity-ranked events touching this conflict's belligerents · last 30 days
SeverityDateEventCountries
10.0May 122008 Global Financial CrisisUS
10.0May 11US-Israel War on IranUS
10.0May 9US-Israel war on IranUS
10.0May 8Nuclear ThreatUS
10.0May 7WWII EndDE
10.0May 6US and Israel Attack IranUS
10.0May 6US-Israel War on IranUS
10.0May 5Rwanda GenocideRW
10.0May 59/11 AttackUS
10.0May 3WWII endDE
Top 10 shownFull dataset available via API · contact for access
Top 10
Strategic transfers
Arms, tech, and equipment flows where seller or buyer is a belligerent
DateFlowEquipmentTypeStatus
May 15US→CNNvidia H200 chipcritical tech transferannounced
May 14JP→USULVAC sintered magnet machines· qty 13critical tech transfercontracted
May 13KR→USVacuum Induction Melting Furnace (600 kg) — Magcaster-600C· qty 8critical tech transfercontracted
May 13KR→USContinuous Vacuum Sintering Furnace — FHH-6150C-6· qty 2critical tech transfercontracted
May 13AU→USNdPr and DyTb oxidecritical tech transferproposed
May 13KR→USContinuous Vacuum Sintering Furnace — FSC-6150C-8· qty 2critical tech transfercontracted
May 13KR→USVacuum Induction Melting Furnace (50 kg) — FVI-50-SC· qty 3critical tech transfercontracted
May 13US→SAmissilearms salecontracted
May 8US→CNNvidia AI serverscritical tech transferproposed
May 4US→DPRK-linked threat intelligenceintelligence sharingdelivered
Top 10 shownFull dataset available via API · contact for access
Top 10
Critical resource flows
Oil, lithium, semiconductors, rare-earth, and other strategic commodities
MineralCountryStageReservesGlobal %
Copper, Cobalt, LithiumDRCmining—80.0%
Lithium· CominiereDRCmining—80.0%
Lithium· Congo's mineral-rich eastDRCmining—80.0%
Lithium· DRCDRCmining—80.0%
Lithium· ManonoDRCmining—80.0%
Lithium· Zijin's Congo lithium mineDRCmining—80.0%
LithiumDRCmining—80.0%
CobaltDRCmining—76.0%
Cobalt· Butembo copper projectDRCmining—76.0%
Cobalt· ChemafDRCmining—76.0%
Top 10 shown · global share % = country’s share of worldwide production at this stageFull dataset via API · contact
No dispatches indexed for this conflict in the last 30 days.
Methodology

This brief was drafted daily by Claude Opus/Haiku under an ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft prompt: bottom line up-front, calibrated probability language (“likely,” “highly likely”), explicit confidence levels, and alternative-analysis sections. Drawn from 0 dispatches across 0 publications, stored in our ingestion pipeline across strategic_events, intelligence_events, threat_assessments, and entity_relationships.

Event volume and casualty counts key off CD as the country anchor. Casualty figures above 100,000/day are filtered as extraction outliers pending manual review.