Content_paragraphs:  In the first quarter of 2020, MONUSCO documented and verified 1,973 human 
  
  rights violations and abuses across the country. While violations committed by State 
  
  agents decreased, those attributed to armed groups and militias increased markedly. 
  
  Of greatest concern was the spike in extrajudicial or summary killings, with at least 
  
  730 civilians, including 148 women, killed during the first quarter of 2020, of whom 
  
  657 were killed by armed groups. At least 254 women and 67 children were victims 
  
  of conflict-related sexual violence, including 250 by armed groups, in particular 
  
  FDLR, and 71 by State agents, in particular FARDC. The vast majority of these 
  
  incidents were documented in North Kivu and South Kivu Provinces.