Content_paragraphs:  The security situation in the highlands worsened considerably and was
  
  characterized by tit-for-tat militia attacks against civilians. The former FARDC
  
  Colonel Michel Rukunda, alias Makanika, who has been active since January 2020,
  
  consolidated his control over the Twigwaneho armed groups and led several raids in
  
  the Kamombo area, killing six civilians and destroying 15 schools and seven health
  
  centres. Many Babembe, Bafuliro and Banyindu community members fled the area,
  
  increasing the number of internally displaced persons in Bijombo, where MONUSCO
  
  is deployed, to 6,725 (1,122 men, 1,253 women and 4,350 children). In Mikenge,
  
  MONUSCO continued to provide protection to 2,037 internally displaced persons
  
  (328 men, 409 women and 1,300 children), most of whom are members of the
  
  Banyamulenge community. MONUSCO troops repeatedly intervened to prevent
  
  attacks on internally displaced person sites.