Mapping Violence in Central and East Africa
The Crisis Tracker is a geospatial database and reporting project that tracks armed group activity and conflict-related incidents in the remote border region encompassing northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and eastern Central African Republic, southwestern South Sudan, and Sudan’s Darfur region.
Abductions by Armed Groups
Year-to-Date
Last 3 Months
All Time
Quick Stats:

Armed groups perpetrated 140 attacks in the past 365 days, compared with 185 attacks in the previous 365 days.

This represents a -24.3% decrease in attacks.

Armed groups perpetrated 127 killings and 58 abductions in the past 365 days compared to 104 killings and 64 in the previous 365 days.

This represents a 22.1% increase in fatalities and a -9.4% decrease in abductions.

Note: These stats include attacks by various armed groups, not all of whom are represented on the public version of the Crisis Tracker map due to do no harm concerns. Please contact us if you would like to request further information.

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Latest Incident
Killing · 3 months ago · May 19, 2026
LRA forces attacked and looted the Animogoli mining site located approximately 27 km north of Fode. 5 people were killed, and several others were abducted and forced to porter the looted goods.
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