People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to face a prolonged emergency, marked by ongoing conflict, massive population displacement and dire levels of humanitarian need. This IPC projection update analysis focused on the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika, and found that more than 9.9 million people in these areas will continue to experience high levels of acute food insecurity between January and June 2026. Although this represents a slight improvement of 1.8 percent compared with the September 2025 projection for the same period, the situation still reflects a deterioration from the current analysis.

At the national level, approximately 26.5 million people (23 percent of the analysed population) in total are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity between January and June 2026, including more than 3.6 million people in Phase 4 and 22.9 million people in Phase 3. The food security situation is further exacerbated by limited access to essential services and weakened infrastructure. Gaps in social protection systems and insufficient coverage of humanitarian assistance leave millions of vulnerable households without the support needed to stabilise their food consumption or rebuild their livelihoods.

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