Content_paragraphs:  The security situation deteriorated markedly in Djugu and Mahagi territories, as 
  
  groups of assailants associated with the Walendu community, including the 
  
  Coopérative pour le développement du Congo, intensified attacks against civilians 
  
  and security forces. From March to May, at least 333 civilians, including 70 women 
  
  and 61 children, were killed, and an estimated 300,000 people have been displaced 
  
  since the beginning of the year. There are indications that the assailants specifically 
  
  targeted the Wahema and other communities with a view to permanently displacing 
  
  them from their homes. State security forces and MONUSCO were also attacked. On 
  
  17 May, the MONUSCO temporary base in Roe, which is protecting over 20,000 
  
  internally displaced persons, came under attack, but successfully repelled the 
  
  assailants. In March, FARDC launched targeted operations in eastern Djugu territory, 
  
  resulting in the deaths or arrest of some of the leaders of the assailants. FARDC 
  
  suffered about 40 casualties. The groups of assailants have splintered and become less 
  
  cohesive since the loss of several of their leading figures, but the intensity of the 
  
  attacks has not decreased.