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Displacement trends, March 2025
• There was a drop in the number of displaced households in March 2025 compared with the previous month, with a total of 156,742 displaced households across the five provinces of eastern DRC.
• In North Kivu, the M23 armed group made strong gains in Walikale territory, taking several towns along the Nyabiondo-Kibua-Mpofi-Mutakato-Ishunga route.
• The provinces of South Kivu and North Kivu, because of the M23 crisis, were the most affected by displacement, with 91,788 households and 23,421 households respectively, followed by Maniema (19,900 households), Ituri (16,033 households) and Tanganyika (5,600 households).
• In South Kivu, almost half of the total recorded population movements were returns (46.7%), concentrated in the territories of Kabare (21,448 households) and Kalehe (21,476 households), made possible by a relative lull following the M23 takeover
• Other displacements in South Kivu were caused by Gumino-Twirwaneho Fizi and Mwenga fighters. In Ituri, new displacements were linked to attacks by the ADF (Irumu and Mambasa territories) and the CODECO and Zaire-FPAC armed groups (Djugu and Mahagi territories).
• Heavy rains caused local displacement, affecting 4,800 households in Maniema and South Kivu.