{"id":105893,"date":"2024-07-11T12:12:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/?page_id=105893"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:21:09","slug":"drc-millions-flee-violence-in-north-kivu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/drc-millions-flee-violence-in-north-kivu\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC: millions flee violence in North Kivu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;75&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; back_image=&#8221;105887&#8243; back_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-463356&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;30&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;456064&#8243; overlay_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; style=&#8221;dark&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;107339&#8243;][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;808710&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>DRC: millions flee violence in North Kivu<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][acf_vc_integrator get_field_data_from=&#8221;&#8221; field_group=&#8221;110725&#8243; field_from_110725=&#8221;field_67cec351a2f38&#8243; show_label=&#8221;default&#8221; align=&#8221;default&#8221; gallery_columns=&#8221;1&#8243; gm_show_placecard=&#8221;default&#8221; gm_map_type_control=&#8221;default&#8221; gm_fullscreen_control=&#8221;default&#8221; gm_street_view_control=&#8221;default&#8221; gm_zoom_control=&#8221;default&#8221; gm_scale=&#8221;default&#8221; hidden_field_name=&#8221;data campagna&#8221; el_class=&#8221;data-campagna&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;404145&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;172903&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>In North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, fighting between the armed group M23 and the Congolese army is becoming more violent every day since the end of 2022 and is increasingly targeting civilians. Nearly 3 million people are displaced in this area and the humanitarian needs are alarming.<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;632070&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;209077&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\" et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_text_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>North Kivu, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been plagued by conflict for more than two decades due to the presence of many armed groups, including the <strong>March 23rd Movement (M23)<\/strong>. Violent fighting between the M23 and the Congolese army (FARDC) has resumed in the area over the past two years, and the situation has deteriorated dramatically since January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The M23 is gaining ground in the east of the DRC. For months now, the armed group has expanded its presence up to a few kilometres from Goma, the capital of North Kivu, with clashes also taking place on the border with South Kivu province. Currently, the most intense violence is recorded in the <strong>Lubero<\/strong> area. These dynamics are aggravating the already <strong>massive population displacements<\/strong>. More than 1.5 million people had already been forced to leave their homes as of March 2022, but since the end of 2023, due to the ongoing violence in Rutshuru territory, a large number of people have fled northwards, seeking refuge in the Kanyabayonga area and also reaching the south of Lubero territory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; back_image=&#8221;105856&#8243; back_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; parallax=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-wayh&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;516532&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; overlay_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;5&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;155657&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">There are currently 2.8 million displaced people in North Kivu, of whom 540,000 are in the capital Goma and surrounding areas. Many of these people have been forced to move several times.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;632070&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;394609&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\" et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_text_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In total, more than <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/data.unhcr.org\/en\/country\/cod\">7 million <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>people are internally displaced in the DRC, in what is one of the largest displacement crises in the world, second only to Sudan.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africacenter.org\/spotlight\/understanding-drc-monusco\/\">Over 80% of the IDPs in the country<\/a> reside in areas protected by the <em>United Nations Integrated Peacekeeping Mission<\/em> (MONUSCO), which has announced its withdrawal from South Kivu. This process could easily lead to a power vacuum and a subsequent upsurge in violence, human rights violations and further displacement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widening of the conflict and the escalation of violence in the east have resulted, in addition to mass displacements, a very <strong>serious <a href=\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/what-does-protection-mean-in-the-humanitarian-language\/\">protection<\/a> crisis<\/strong>: the parties to the conflict regularly use heavy artillery and deliberately target civilians, including IDPs. Settlements housing IDPs in Sake and Goma were bombed in February 2024 and on 3 May 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/death-toll-strikes-eastern-congo-camps-rises-18-2024-05-07\/\">at least 18 civilians &#8211; most of them women and children &#8211; died<\/a>, while 32 were injured in attacks on IDP sites near Goma. On 30 June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/07\/02\/congo-aid-workers-killed-tearfund-north-kivu\/eeb36972-3862-11ef-93fe-36cbc6f6ab36_story.html\"><strong>two aid workers were killed <\/strong><\/a> and several injured in an attack on an aid convoy near Butembo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other violations, such as arbitrary arrests and detentions, extrajudicial executions, forced recruitment, abductions and sexual violence, are committed with impunity. In April 2024 alone, <a href=\"https:\/\/msfsouthasia.org\/drc-civilians-caught-in-the-crossfire-in-the-kivus\/\"><strong>more than 1.700 new cases of sexual violence<\/strong><\/a> were reported in settlements accommodating IDPs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ongoing conflict sees a further element of complexity in the involvement of neighbouring countries. The M23 armed group, in fact, is largely supported by Rwanda, while the Congolese army is backed by informal auxiliaries and allies from the Southern African Development Community. If not contained, therefore, <strong>the ongoing conflict in North Kivu could result in regional escalation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; back_image=&#8221;105844&#8243; parallax=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;color-prif&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;213005&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; overlay_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;5&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;962918&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The widening of the conflict and the escalation of violence in the east have resulted, in addition to mass displacements, in a very serious protection crisis: the warring parties regularly use heavy artillery and deliberately target civilians, including IDPs.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;5&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;632070&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;187483&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\" et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_text_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3>Needs grow but humanitarian access is increasingly hampered<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unocha.org\/publications\/report\/democratic-republic-congo\/republique-democratique-du-congo-apercu-des-besoins-humanitaire-2024-decembre-2023\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>25,4 million people <\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong>are in need of humanitarian assistance<\/strong> in the Democratic Republic of Congo and most of the needs are concentrated in the east of the country. There is a lack of housing, basic necessities, water and adequate sanitation and hygiene services. There are also huge needs related to gender-based violence, health care and food security.<\/p>\n<p>Displacement also exacerbates the humanitarian crisis, as displaced and host populations compete for scarce resources, creating tensions that can erupt into conflicts between communities.<\/p>\n<p>Although humanitarian and protection needs are growing, <strong>ensuring that aid reaches the affected populations is increasingly complex<\/strong>. According to reliable reports, the parties to the conflict have militarised and established a presence inside IDP settlements, setting up their own artillery positions and putting both the displaced population and humanitarian personnel in grave danger. Humanitarian access is also restricted by bureaucratic impediments, roadblocks and non-compliance with international humanitarian law. The blockade of the two main roads leading to Goma, for example, is jeopardising the delivery of basic necessities, such as food and medicine, to the city&#8217;s two million inhabitants.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>The situation is increasingly complex, and urgent action is necessary to address the escalating protection and humanitarian needs of conflict-affected populations, both in camps and rural areas. To allow this, all efforts must be made to de-escalate the conflict, and to ensure the protection of civilians as well as safe and unhindered access for frontline aid workers engaged in the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/civilians-pay-the-price-of-inaction-in-eastern-drc\/\">Read the full statement &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;6&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;208282&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;right-t-left&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;600&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;535414&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;130218&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>INTERSOS intervention<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;175538&#8243;]INTERSOS has been present in the DRC since 2009, with <a href=\"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/what-we-do\/protection\/\"><strong>protection<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>access to health<\/strong> projects.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the crisis caused by the conflict between the M23 and the Congolese army, our team in North Kivu is carrying out protection activities in particular targeting <strong>survivors of gender-based violence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a very serious problem in this area is the shortage of water. 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