Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Rwanda.
It is at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: DR Congo (Zaire): Government (mainly in DR Congo), 4,428 deaths in 2025.
Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →
Deaths recorded in Rwanda in 2025
6in state-based fighting
0in fighting between armed groups
0in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)
UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Rwanda (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.
The conflict
Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change.
UCDP does not record who started each clash.
War levelState-based conflict · UCDP start year 1964
DR Congo (Zaire): Government
4,428deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
669deaths in Jan–Sep 2026preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
28,413total 1996–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (24 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of DR Congo (Zaire) vs AFC, CRP
1989highest: 4,4652026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: September 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Rwanda). Also recorded in: DR Congo, Burundi.