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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

Country risk, from the local press

DR Congo · In the world’s press

DR Congo in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention DR Congo, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

148 mentions yesterday · 44% below its 30-day mean · 0.5% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned DR Congo most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. Burundi’s press 310 mentions · 50% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  2. Togo’s press 147 mentions · 6% of its foreign attention · ×1.6 vs its habit
  3. Burkina Faso’s press 118 mentions · 6% of its foreign attention · ×1.2 vs its habit
  4. Eritrea’s press 99 mentions · 6% of its foreign attention · ×3.7 vs its habit
  5. Rwanda’s press 59 mentions · 9% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  6. Congo-Brazzaville’s press 55 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×0.2 vs its habit
  7. France’s press 52 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · ×2.7 vs its habit
  8. United Kingdom’s press 50 mentions · 0.6% of its foreign attention · ×3.7 vs its habit
  9. Russia’s press 42 mentions · 0.3% of its foreign attention · ×0.5 vs its habit
  10. Belgium’s press 39 mentions · 0.9% of its foreign attention · ×0.8 vs its habit
  11. Argentina’s press 37 mentions · 0.5% of its foreign attention · ×0.4 vs its habit
  12. Kenya’s press 37 mentions · 5% of its foreign attention · ×0.6 vs its habit

DR Congo’s own press: 2,474 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the DR Congo press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Ebola outbreak in Congo surpasses 10,000 cases 12 presses · 12 days · on 17 Oct 2026
  2. Ebola case confirmed in Nigeria 16 presses · 11 days · on 18 Oct 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming DR Congo, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

The observatory → · All DR Congo briefings →