The dataset contains numbers of internally displaced individuals and returnees at admin 2 level (Territories) in North Kivu province.
Since November 2021, attacks by the former rebel group M 23 have resumed and increased against the congolese armed forces (FARDC) in the east of the DRC. These clashes have further intensified since March 2022, due to which the M23 seized in June 2022 the town of Bunagana located on the border with Uganda, as well as other neighboring localities in the regions of Jomba, Bweza, Kisigari and Busanza in Rutshuru territory. At the end of October 2022, the M23 extended their hold after several offensives, expanding their control over the entire Bwisha chiefdom including the territorial capital and the town of Kiwanja, with alleged plans to extend over the entire territory
