location: Djugu
notes: Reports of violence against civilians in the form of assaults with machetes owing to intercommunal violence are causing people to flee Djugu and the region of Ituri. A UN investigation carried out in March 2018 revealed that over 16 December - 14 March, 263 people were killed in violence between the Lendu and Hema ethnic groups, 29 injured and 120 localities and villages burnt down. Most of the victims hail from the Hema group. The violence took place in Djugu territory (Bahema-Nord, Walendu Tatsi, Walendu Djatsi, Walendu Pitsi, Bahema Banyuagi, Ndo Okebo and Mambisa). 163 fatalities coded in individual events in dataset; additional 100 coded in general events for December, January, February and March.
target_text: location: Djugu, fatalities: 25