Content_paragraphs:  Reporting on conflict-related sexual violence was significantly constrained by 
  
  insecurity and restrictions owing to COVID-19. However, available data suggests that 
  
  armed groups were responsible for around 80 per cent of reported cases of conflict-
  
  related sexual violence. North Kivu represented a hotspot due to clashes between 
  
  NDC-R and the APCLS and Nyatura coalition resulting in serious human rights 
  
  abuses. Intercommunity violence contributed to an increase of sexual violence in 
  
  South Kivu, Maniema and Tanganyika, where Twa majority militias perpetrated gang 
  
  rapes of women, often while they were working in their fields. Sexual violence 
  
  perpetrated by FARDC also continued to be documented in North Kivu, particularly 
  
  in the context of military operations against ADF in the Beni and Butembo areas.  
  
   
  
   
  
   X. Exit strategy