Content_paragraphs:  In Tanganyika Province, MONUSCO supported the deployment of a mediation 
  
  team by the provincial authorities to reduce tensions between the Twa and Bantu 
  
  communities, resulting in the identification of trust-building measures. MONUSCO 
  
  also increased patrols to mining areas where there had been an increase in armed 
  
  group incursions. In addition, MONUSCO provided protection for 2,250 recently 
  
  returned internally displaced persons in Kalemie territory. In Maniema Province, 
  
  MONUSCO deployed a temporary base to Lubichako in March, which contributed to 
  
  a decline in the activity of armed groups and a significant reduction in reports of rape 
  
  and other forms of sexual violence perpetrated by armed elements in the area. The 
  
  base also provided escorts for humanitarian actors.  
  
   
  
   
  
   VII. Stabilization and the strengthening of State institutions 
   
  
   
  
   A.  Stabilization and root causes of conflict