Overview
A complex emergency has persisted in DRC for more than 20 years. Population displacement is frequent and repeated, and mostly driven by armed clashes and intercommunal violence between foreign, self-defence, and other armed groups. More than five million people are internally displaced. The situation in the eastern provinces remains particularly volatile: humanitarian needs are high, as displaced and local populations are faced with violence, food insecurity, floods, disease outbreaks, and the secondary effects of COVID-19 restrictions. Over 998,000 refugees from DRC live in African host countries as at 31 October. DRC hosted about 515,000 refugees (mainly from Rwanda, Central African Republic, Congo, and Angola) as at 30 September.??Since mid-December 2020, 92,000 refugees fleeing violence related to the 27 December elections in CAR have arrived in Bas-Uele, Nord-Ubangi, and Sud-Ubangi provinces. Most of the arrivals are located in villages close to the river border, where access is a challenge and where host communities were already struggling to meet their own needs. ?
Over 7,900 protection incidents were reported across DRC in 2020, a 21% increase from 2019 attributable to the deteriorating security situation in conflict-affected areas. 93% of recorded violations occurred in Nord-Kivu, Ituri, and Sud-Kivu. Reported extrajudicial killings by armed groups increased dramatically, from 1,029 in 2019 to 2,487 in 2020. ?
The food crisis in DRC is likely to worsen in the months to come. From January–June 2022, 25.9 million people are estimated in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or above, with 5.4 million people estimated in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). 19.6 million people were projected to need food assistance for the January–June 2021 period. This deterioration is explained by poor harvests, displacement caused by waves of violence, and crops’ diseases.?
Latest Developments
Since March 2022, following clashes between the army and the M23 armed group, more than 129,000 people have fled several villages of Rutshuru territory to other localities in Rutshuru and Rwanguba health zones and Nyiragongo territory. Most of the displaced people live in overcrowded schools, churches, and IDP camps. The most urgent needs include protection, healthcare, and education.?
Key Figures
INFORM Global Crisis Severity Index
Crisis Severity: 4.2
Impact: 4.5
Humanitarian Conditions: 4
Complexity: 4.4
Access Constraints: 4
Information courtesy of ACAPS. https://www.acaps.org/
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30 Common Operating Datasets or CCCM-tagged datsets are on the Humanitarian Data Exchange:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Displacement - [returnees] - Site Assessment [OCHA] - Commissions Mouvements de Populations (CMP), OIM, OCHA et Partenaires - [2020-01-07T00:00:00 TO 2022-06-30T23:59:59]
- Demographic Republic of the Congo: Displacement - [Déplacé] - Site Assessment [OCHA] - Commissions Mouvements de Populations (CMP), OIM, OCHA et Partenaires - [2021-06-01T00:00:00 TO 2022-06-30T23:59:59]
- DRC Displacement Data - South Kivu Province - Baseline Assessment [IOM DTM] - International Organization for Migration - [2018-03-02T00:00:00 TO 2022-04-18T23:59:59]
- DRC Displacement Data - Ituri Province - Baseline Assessment [IOM DTM] - International Organization for Migration - [2018-10-01T00:00:00 TO 2022-04-25T23:59:59]
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Subnational Population Statistics - Health Zone population statistics developed by the DRC IM Working Group - [2019-09-12T00:00:00 TO *]
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Internally displaced persons - IDPs - IDMC - [2008-01-01T00:00:00 TO 2021-12-31T23:59:59]
- GRID3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Settlement Extents, Version 01.02 - Center for International Earth Science Information Network; Novel-T - [2022-04-04T00:00:00 TO *]
- DRC Displacement Data - Tanganyika Province - Baseline Assessment [IOM DTM] - International Organization for Migration - [2021-08-03T00:00:00 TO 2021-09-01T23:59:59]
- DRC Displacement Data - North Kivu Province - Baseline Assessment [IOM DTM] - International Organization for Migration - [2021-03-15T00:00:00 TO 2021-04-20T23:59:59]
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Needs Overview - Multiple sources (Humanitarian Partners) - [2018-01-01T00:00:00 TO 2022-12-31T23:59:59]