Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yam and rice harvests in the north have been completed, while the main-season maize harvest is ongoing in the centre and south. Cassava is currently out of season in the centre and south, whereas in the north it is still in the growing stage. Precipitation has been average across the country over the last 30 days; however, biomass anomalies are recorded in several provinces, with Kongo-Central and North Kivu showing 39% and 31% of their active crop area, respectively, in poor vegetation condition. Water deficits over the last 90 days are widespread in the southern and eastern provinces. The current El Niño episode is expected to favour wet conditions across the country from October, except in the provinces near the Atlantic coast, where a dry outlook is foreseen. According to UNHCR, recurrent armed clashes and waves of displacement in eastern DRC in August 2026 continued to disrupt people's access to fields, markets and livelihoods, notably in North Kivu's Masisi territory, where nearly 2,980 people fled fighting between 21 and 25 August alone.