Content_paragraphs:  North Kivu continued to be the most affected province, with 314 incidents 
  
  verified (41 per cent), followed by the greater Kasai region (107), South Kivu (102), 
  
  Tanganyika (79), Ituri (56), Maniema (25), Haut-Katanga (18), Tshopo (14), Haut-
  
  Uélé (9), Sankuru (9), Équateur (6), Kongo Central (6), Mai-Ndombe (5), Haut-
  
  Lomami (3), Kwilu (3), Nord-Ubangi (2), Kwango (1), Lomami (1), Mongala (1), 
  
  Tshuapa (1), Bas-Uélé (1). In North Kivu, children living in areas where armed groups 
  
  clashed over the control of territory were the most affected. For example, in Masisi, 
  
  rape was used as a weapon of war by NDC-Rénové, Nyatura and CNRD to spread 
  
  fear among the population and exert control over communities. Children in the greater 
  
  Kasai region were generally less affected by sexual violence than previously  reported 
  
  (see S/2018/502), however, government security forces were responsible for a 
  
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  disproportionate number of cases of sexual violence in the area (66 per cent). In South 
  
  Kivu, mass rapes were committed by Raia Mutomboki elements in Shabunda territory 
  
  in 2018 and by several Mai-Mai groups in the highlands of Uvira territory in 2019. In 
  
  Tanganyika Province, the occurrence of sexual violence against children increased 
  
  notably, from 19 cases in 2018 to 59 cases in 2019, which may have been partly the 
  
  result of increased monitoring capacity by the country task force which had 
  
  re-established its presence in the area. In Djugu territory, Ituri Province, CODECO 
  
  raped and gang-raped girls during attacks on villages of the Hema community. 
  
  However, the total number of incidents of sexual violence in Ituri Province decreased 
  
  compared to the previous report, following the peace agreement signed between FRPI 
  
  and the Government.