Democratic Republic of Congo: Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees (as of 31 December 2017)

As of December 31, 2017, the Monthly trend of displacement in last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 Democratic Republic of Congo had Displaced Returnees the largest displaced population in persons 896k Africa with more than 4.49 million 2017 2.16M 1.85M internally displaced persons, including 2.7 million children. Since January 2017, 474k every hour of every day, nearly 50 Congolese Demographics families have been forced to flee their homes. With Jul. Dec. 2016 respect to absolute numbers of IDPs, the province of 2017 North Kivu has been the most affected with nearly 27 Jan. March 1.03k families of IDPs per hour per day in 2017, followed Displacement distribution by province 1.12M by Tanganyika (23) and South Kivu (12). The rate of 39k 43k displacement has increased significantly with more CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF than 2 million displaced in 2017 alone, a doubling of SOUTH SUDAN 381k 412k the total number of IDPs from 2016. Last quarter, CAMEROON almost 16,000 IDPs were registered (mainly in the North-Ubangi Tanganiyka province) and some 27,000 returned Bas-Uele 2 615k 666k home. The Kasai region has had the largest Haut-Uele South-Ubangi population of returnees (605,000) in the last 18 Mongala months. 382 45 Displacement in December Ituri Dr 100 4 UGANDA Equateur REPUBLIC OF 4.49M Tshopo CONGO current number of GABON 17k 27k forcibly displaced 274 IDPs Tshuapa 1,158 in the affected areas North Kivu RWANDA Nature of accomodation Demographics Maï-Ndombe 37 BURUNDI 325 647 125 % % % 21 48 4.5 52 South Kivu men women Kinshasa Maniema 82k >59 years 86k Sankuru (2.16M) (2.34M) 30 4% 96% TANZANIA Host Kwilu 334 sites 35 % Kongo Central 1,257 families (1k) 794k 18–59 years 860k Kasaï Kasaï 123 121 (15k) 370 Oriental 2 631 225 % Kasaï 60.5 Kwango Central Tanganyika 1.28M <18 years 1.39M Demographics ANGOLA Causes 107 36 48 98 Haut-Lomami 0.3% Natural 36 disasters (13k) Number of displaced persons (thousands) Lualaba Displaced from December 179 27 8.2k 8.8k Haut-Katanga 0.31k 0.34k Total displaced ZAMBIA 3k 3.3k 32.1% Intercommunity 67.6% Returnees from December and land conflicts Clashes and Returnees of the last e18 months (1.44M) armed attacks (3.04M) 4.8k 5.3k

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Tanganyika was the third most Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 affected province by internal Persons Returnees 122k displacement with more than displaced 2017 104k 388k 195k 631,000 people, despite the recent sites assessment around town and in Territory, which Dec. Demographics Jul. 2017 resulted in a decrease of the number IDPs of 2016 100,000. 60% of forced displacements in the Jan. Jul. sept. Displacement distribution by territory 194k 194k province took place in 2017, about an average of more than 1,000 IDPs per day 6k 6k Lake Tanganyika caused by intercommunity conflicts. In 55 22 67k 67k December, about 16,000 people returned to Kongolo their places of origin, a similar estimated 121k 1121k 65 Kalemie number of IDPs were recorded that same LOMAMI 126 P month. Nyunzu TANZANIA 45 12 Kabalo 206 40 Displacement in December 631k Kalemie current number of forcibly displaced 16k 16k IDPs in the affected areas Nature of accomodation Demographics 155 64 Manono 44 23 50% 50% men 3% women Moba (316k) 9k >59 years 9k (316k)

% 34.6 HAUT-LOMAMI familles 109k 18–59 years 109k d'accueil 62.4% 197k <18 years 197k Demographics Causes HAUT-KATANGA Lake Moero 0.3% Natural disasters (2k) Number of displaced persons (thousands) 8k 8k 0.2k 0.2k Displaced from December 2017 3k 3k Total displaced 26.4% Clashes and 73.2% ZAMBIA armed attacks Intercommunity Returnees of the last 18 months 5k 5k (167K) and land conflicts (462k)

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Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 As of December 2017, the Persons Returnees 66k displaced number of IDPs in Bas-Uele, 2017 Haut-Uele, Ituri and Tshopo 116k 27k increased by 97,000. This 30k increase can be explained by the recent Jul. Dec. 2016 Demographics assessments conducted in August, October 2017 and November 2017. By the end on 2017, the Dec. Jan. Oct. 57k total number of IDPs reached 484,000. In Displacement distribution by territory 59k 2017, around 54 families displaced per day 3.2k 3.3k were hosted mainly in the Bafwasende and RPUBLIC OF Ango SOUTH SUDAN 24k 25k Irumu territories. Bondo Dungu NORTH- 30k 31k BAS-UELE Faradje UBANGI Niangara Aru HAUT-UELE Bambesa Poko Aketi PButa Isiro Buta P Watsa Rungu Displacement in December MONGALA 2 12 Mahagi 2 Wamba 15 484k ITURI Djugu current number of forcibly displaced in Basoko Lake Albert 0 0 Banalia Irumu IDPs the affected areas 78 PBunia Mambasa Nature of accomodation TSHOPO 100 4 Demographics Bafwasende 287 33 KisanganiP Yahuma UGANDA 49% 5.6% 51% men women >59 years No Movement In This Period (189.7k) 13.3k 13.8k (247k) NORTH KIVU 42% Ubundu Opala 100k 18–59 years 104k TSHUAPA 52.4% 124k <18 years 129k RWANDA Demographics Causes

SANKURU 1% Intercommunity MANIEMA and land conflicts (6k) SOUTH KIVU Number of displaced persons (thousands) Displaced from December 2017 BURUNDI 2% Natural 97% Total displaced 0 0 disasters Clashes and Returnees from December 2017 TANZANIA (10k) armed attacks (467k) Returnees of the last 18 months

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As of 31 December 2017 the Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 total population of IDPs in 48k Persons Returnees Haut-Kantanga, Haut-Lomami displaced 2017 17k and Lualaba provinces 36k 122k increased by 13,000, an increase 24k explained by the results of the latest assess- Dec. Demographics Jul. 2017 ments in November 2017 in the territory of 2016 Pweto. At the end of 2017, the Malemba Nov. Dec. Sept. 61k 61k Nkulu - Pweto - Mitwaba triangle was home Displacement distribution by territory 1.8k 1.8k to more than 276,000 displaced people, LakeTanganyika representing 85% of the 322,000 IDPs in TANZANIA KASAÏ LOMAMI 21.2k 21.2k these three provinces. In 2017, around 56 KASAÏ- CENTRAL ORIENTAL families displaced per day were hosted in the 38.1k 38.1k TANGANYIKA area delimited by these three cities. Kabongo

Malemba- Displacement in December 0,4 Nkulu Kaniama 322k 105 HAUT-LOMAMI current number of forcibly displaced in 20 Kapanga Kamina 0 0 IDPs the affected areas 17 2 36 Lake Moero 131 Bukama P Bukama Nature of accomodation Pweto Demographics Sandoa 41 9 Mitwaba LUALABA 50% 3% 50% men women 5k >59 years 5k 16 No mouvement in this period (161k) (161k) Lubudi Mutshatsha Kasenga 34.6% P 56k 18–59 years 56k HAUT-KATANGA

62.4% 7 Kambove P Kipushi Demographics 100k <18 years 100k Causes ANGOLA Sakania

Number of displaced persons (thousands) 44% 56% Displacement from December 2017 6.8k 6.8k Intercommunity Clashes and Total displaced 0 0 and land conflicts armed attacks ZAMBIA Retrunees from December 2017 (140k) (181k) 12.2k Returnees of the last 18 months

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The situation in the Kasai region Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 has remained relatively stable since March 2017 when 816k Persons Returnees 1.36M recorded population movements displaced 2017 605k peaked at more than 400,000 401k

displaced and 800,000 returnees. 65% of Dec. Demographics Jul. 2017 those who fled were hosted mainly in 2016 Kasai-Central. Recent assessments did not Jan. March 296k 308k report any additional IDPs in the last 6 Displacement distribution by territory 13k 14k months. With respect to the burden of IDPs Lomela relative to the pre-conflict population, the 108k 113k territories with the highest proportion of MAÏ-NDOMBE

displaced included those of Kasai-Central, Dekese Katako-Kombe 175k 182k Lodja particularly Dimbelenge (84%), Dibaya (49%), Kole SANKURU and Kazumba. (42%).

Displacement in December 896k current number of 57 Lubefu forcibly displaced in Mweka 0 0 IDPs the affected areas PLusambo 61 KWILU KASAÏ Nature of accomodation Dimbelenge Demographics Ilebo Lusambo Lubao 21 267 21 % Demba 198 49% 4.4 51% 57 men women 16k >59 years 17k Luebo Lupatapata No displacement in this period (438.5k) (456.4k) KanangaP Kabinda Host Katanda Inter-community 1 70 families Kabeya K. Mbuji-Mayi Kabinda and land conflicts 36.4% 113 96 P P

160k 18–59 years 167k Kazumba LOMAMI Tshikapa 65 206 220 P 47 28 Miabi Tshilenge Dibaya % Kamonia 0,2 59.2 17 74 292 259k <18 years 270k Kamiji Ngandajika Demographics KWANGO KASAÏ-CENTRAL 20 46 Cause KASAÏ-ORIENTAL Mwene-Ditu ANGOLA Luilu 36 198 Luiza Number of displaced persons (thousands) 46.5k 49.2k 59 101 2.0k 2.1k Displaced from December 2017 17k HAUT-LOMAMI 18k 14% 86% Total displaced Clashes and Intercommunity armed attacks 0 0 and land conflicts Returnees from December 2017 (129k) (767k) Returnees of the last 18 months LUALABA 27.5k 28.6k

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The vast majority of IDPs in Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 Maniema are concentrated in the territory of Kabambare 65k Persons Returnees 37k where 218,000 of the province's displaced 2017 169k 325,000 IDPs live and where 42k violence between the army and armed 26k Dec. Demographics Jul. 2017 groups has intensified since June 2017. The 2016 region is also suffering from the deteriorating Jan. Jul. Sept. situation in the neighboring provinces of 82.7k 86.1k Displacement distribution by territory South Kivu and Tanganyika. However, a 5.2k 5.4k relative lull was observed during the month of 31.2k 32.5k December 2017 in the Territory of Kabam- bare after the retaking of some localities by 4 TSHOPO 46.3k 48.2k the regular army, which allowed 11,000 Lubutu NORTH KIVU people to return to their homes.

Displacement in December

TSHUAPA 325k Punia current number of forcibly displaced in 43 0 11k the affected areas IDPs Nature of accomodation Demographics

Kailo 49% 6.3% 51% men 10k >59 years 10.5k women (159.4k) (165.9k) No mouvement in this period KinduP 37.7% 2 SOUTH KIVU 60.1k 18–59 years 62.5k 37 Pangi 56% SANKURU 89.3k <18 years 92.9k Demographics Causes

Kibombo

Number of displaced persons (thousands) 20 5% % Displacement from December 2017 Kasongo 95 37 Intercommunity Clashes and Total displaced 218 and land conflicts armed attacks Kabambare 0 0 (16k) (310k) Returnees from December 2017 Returnees of the last 18 months LOMAMI TANGANYIKA

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More than 25% of all IDPs of Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 the entire DRC are hosted in North Kivu. At the end of Persons Returnees 92k displaced 80k December 2017, 1,150,000 2017 70k 523k 125k displaced were recorded, of which 523,105 were newly displaced in 2017. Jul. Demographics 70% of them are hosted in the territories of 2016 Dec. Lubero, Rutshuru and Masisi. 95% find 2017 shelter in host communities and a 5% in IDP Jan. Feb. Mar. Jul. 256.3k 266.8k Displacement distribution by territory camps. Nearly 125,000 people returned to 10.8k 11.2k their place of origin in 2017, mainly from the ITURI territories of Rutshuru, Beni and Lubero. The 93k 96.8k high number of displacement can be attribut- ed to an increase of fighting between armed 152.5k 158.7k groups and the military operations against those groups. 224 29 Beni/Oicha Displacement in December 308 15

Lubero 1.15M TSHOPO 0.67k 0 current number of forcibly displaced in IDPs the affected areas LacLake Edouard Edou Nature of accomodation Demographics

49% 4.3% 51% men women 23.8k >59 years 24.8k (567.5k) (590.7k) 83 27 36.3% 206k 18–59 years 214.4k 308 154 Walikale Sites Rutshuru 59.4% 337.7k <18 years 351.5k MANIEMA Demographics

235 43 Cause 0,005 Masisi Nyiragongo Goma Goma 0.48k 0.50k Number of displaced persons (thousands) 0.01k 0.01k Clashes and Displaced from December 2017 Lake Kivu 0.12k 0.12k armed attacks Total displaced Returnees from December 2017 Returnees of the last 18 months SOUTH KIVU 0.19k 0.20k

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South Kivu, where the security Monthly trend in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 situation deteriorated sharply Persons Returnees displaced 70k during the second half of the 2017 214k 85k year, recorded twice as many internally displaced persons in 2017 33k as in 2016. In total, there are 647,000 IDPs in Jul. Demographics 2016 Dec. the region, making it the second most 2017 P affected by population movements. The NORD-KIVU Aug. Jan. Oct. 105k 109.3k increase is striking in the Territory of Fizi, Displacement distribution by territory 4.9k 5.1k where clashes have multiplied and spread to Lake Kivu new areas since June 2017. While there 39.2k 40.8k were 49,000 displaced in late 2016, this 226 50 Idjwi Kalehe 60.9k 63.4k number has risen to 188,000, making the RWANDA

second most affected territory, after that of 4 34 PBukavu Kalehe (226,000 displaced). Kabare

Walungu Displacement in December 647k 47 current number of forcibly displaced in 0 0 IDPs the affected areas 89 13 Shabunda 17 9 Nature of accomodation MANIEMA Demographics 46 7 Uvira Mwenga BURUNDI 49% 4.7% 51% men women 15k >59 years 16k (317k) (330k) No mvement in this period 37.3% 118k 18–59 years 123k

58% 184k <18 years 191k Demographics Causes 188 42 Fizi

Number of displaced persons (thousands)

Displaced from the Decembre 2017 Lake Tanganyika % 0 0 3% 97 Total displaced Intercommunity Clashes and and land conflicts armed attacks Returnees from the December 2017 (628k) (19k) Returnees of the last 18 months TANGANYIKA

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Since May 2017, population Movement in the last 18 months Displacement in year 2017 movements in the Kiwilu and 32k Kwango provinces have Displaced 2017 32k 0 remained stable. However, persons due to the Kasai crisis there are an estimated 32,000 displaced people in Demographics Dec. these provinces. The majority of people Jul. 2017 2016 displaced are women who have taken refuge Jan. May 15k 17k in Gungu, Idiofa and Kikwik. Displacement distribution by territory 0,.58k 0.63k P Bandundu MAÏ-NDOMBE 5.7k 6.1k

9.1k 9.9k Bagata

Bulungu Displacement in December KINSHASA KWILU

32k P Kenge 6 current number of 0 0 forcibly displaced in Idiofa IDPs the affected areas Kikwit Kenge Masi-Manimba 11 Nature of accomodation Demographics KONGO-CENTRAL KASAÏ

49% 4.4% 51% men women Popokabaka 0.58k >59 years 0,63k No movement in this period (15k) (17k) Gungu

13 36.5% 5.7k 18–59 years 6.1k Feshi 59.2% KWANGO <18 years 9.1k 9.9k Demographics Cause of displacement 2 Kasongo-Lunda

Kahemba Number of displaced persons (thousands)

100% Displaced from December 2017 ANGOLA Clashes and Total displaced armed attacks 0 0 Returnees from December 2017 (32k) Returnees of the last 18 months

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