Democratic : Insecurity and Displacement (Apr 2010)

The country is experiencing one of the world's worst Bas- and Haut-Uélé Districts humanitarian crises with over 1.9 million people The Lord’s Resistance Army Dec 2007-Mar 2010: (LRA) is a rebel group internally displaced by violence perpetrated by 3,500 1,796 civilians killed5 5 17,500 movement formed in 1986 1 refugees various armed groups. in CAR* refugees5 against the Government of 2,377 abducted (807 in Sudan* Uganda. Driven out of children)5 CENTRAL AFRICAN Uganda in 2002 and later REPUBLIC (CAR) SUDAN Southern Sudan, the LRA 2009 2010 18,000 Bangui Garamba operates from the Garamba 2 300 332 killed Equateur Province refugees Natlonal Park National Park in DR Congo in CAR** 281,000 IDPs* 200 Since October 2009, some since 2005, attacking civilians 192,000 have fled2 in the and 100 CAMEROON Dongo Bas-Uélé Haut-Uélé inter-ethnic armed clashes making incursions into CAR Enyele and Southern Sudan.3 0 arising from disputes over Jan Dec Ituri farming and fishing rights. 33,000 IDPs* Area with Lord’s Resistance UGANDA Army Tensions have spread to most Buburu 167,000 IDPs* 114,000 parts of Equateur, with the 2 Orientale refugees Equateur army launching an offensive in Congo** against the militia.3 Mbandaka The started as a Nord- land dispute between the The civilians who found CONGO GABON 1,418,000 IDPs* agriculturalist Lendu and the refuge in the Congo have i u g pastoralist Hema; and was settled in more than 100 sites n Disclaimer: a particularly intense between

along a 500 km stretch of the b The boundaries and names shown u 4 1999 and 2003. Despite and the designations used on all Oubangui River. O Sud- ongoing military operations maps do not imply official Kivu BURUNDI endorsement or acceptance by the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC against remnant militia United Nations. 270 killed in Dongo in Brazzaville groups, overall security has Creation date: 20 Apr 2010 Oct 20094 OF THE CONGO improved over the past Data sources: UNCS, RGC, ACLED, (DR Congo) UNITED REPUBLIC OCHA, USGS, Natural Earth years.5 Area with Enyele insurgents OF TANZANIA References: 15,000 IDPs* Area with Front de Résistance 1OCHA. DRC Key Messages - Issue #2. Patriotique en Ituri (FRPI) and Jan 2010. 2 Front Populaire pour le Justice Security Council. Thirty-first report of the Secretary-General on the United au Congo (FPJC) Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 30 ATLANTIC Nord- and Sud-Kivu Provinces Mar 2010. 3UN News. UN takes new security steps OCEAN after deadly attack in north-western DR The conflict in and army elements being Congo. 7 Apr 2010. 4OCHA. Consolidated Appeal for the is fuelled by vast accused of mass rape and Republic of Congo 2010. 4 Mar 2010. natural resources in the other human rights abuses.3 5OCHA. Humanitarian Situation in the Orientale Province of the DRC - 6 region, including gold. Snapshot report. 19 Apr 2010. 6 women raped per week7 IRIN. Analysis: Fighting for peace in 100km ANGOLA The army, backed by the UN 160 DRC's Kivu region. 22 Feb 2010. 7OCHA. Humanitarian Situation in the Organization Mission in the attacks against humanitar- Kivus and Province - Snapshot Area with refugees from Equateur Province 50 DR Congo (MONUC), is ian actors since Jan 20107 report. 19 Apr 2010. Major incidents fighting mainly Rwandan rebels Forces Démocratiques de *As of 31 Mar 2010 (FDLR) and a Libération du Rwanda www.reliefweb.int Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) data provided by OCHA in DR Congo collection of other (FDLR) and other insurgents Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Number of IDPs aggregated for Bas- and Haut-Uélé, Nord- and Sud- Kivu United Nations **Nov 2009 - Feb 2010 insurgents, with both rebel