Map 2 | Displaced people in and from the DRC SOUTH SUDAN 4,000 C E N T R A L A F R I C A N 15,000 REPUBLIC FROM CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 181,900 REPUBLIC OF TH E CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO FROM SOUTH SUDAN UGANDA 226,200 89,000 FROM RWANDA 12,300 220,400 RWANDA 82,800 4,351,400 BURUNDI 61,900 FROM BURUNDI UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 44,500 56,900 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ZAMBIA 38,500 Number of refugees 34,900 ANGOLA Number of IDPs ed Nations CASE STUDY: Democratic Republic of the Congo 36 The situation in the DRC, already challenging, worsened dramatically in 2017 as conflict expanded into new parts of the country. Millions of civilians, particularly in North and South Kivu provinces, Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, and the Kasai region, fled their homes for safety elsewhere within the DRC, while tens of thousands also left for neighbouring countries. Greater stability did eventually return to large parts of the Kasai region and other areas, leading to the return of IDPs in multiple areas where conflict had ceased or diminished in intensity. But in some areas returnees remained at risk of violence, while many found their homes and livelihoods destroyed. unhcr > Global trends 2017