DR Congo: DRC: Over 30 million people projected to face hunger as conflict and Ebola compound crisis for children

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: Save the Children KINSHASA, 30 October 2026 - The number of people facing crisis levels of hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surged by more than 2.3 million in less than a year, according to the latest analyses from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), released today. The data from the IPC, the world's leading authority on hunger monitoring, reveals that 28.8 million people are experiencing acute food insecurity between September and December 2026, up from 26.5 million people recorded for January to June 2