Amid the M23 conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), explosions and remote violence increased during the first half of 2024, surpassing the number of events recorded for the whole of 2023. This ACLED infographic provides a snapshot of political violence from the first six months of the year in the DRC using insights from ACLED’s Conflict Exposure Calculator, Conflict Alert System (CAST), and Conflict Index.
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