Content_paragraphs:  In Grand Nord, North Kivu, the Intervention Brigade continued to provide area
  
  security in support of FARDC operations to deter ADF retaliatory attacks against
  
  civilians. Following the deterioration of the security situation and the launch of
  
  FARDC operations in December, MONUSCO deployed standing combat
  
  deployments in the Rwenzori sector and on the border between North Kivu and Ituri.
  
  In addition, MONUSCO held a series of workshops with civil society, community
  
  and youth representatives, including 10 women, in Beni, Lubero, and Boikene to
  
  improve information-sharing with the Congolese security and defence forces, as well
  
  as the Mission. From 18 to 22 February, MONUSCO also conducted a review of early
  
  warning and response systems in Lubero territory to strengthen the Mission’s
  
  response to protection threats in that area through a reconfigured civilian, police and
  
  military presence and enhanced coordination between the Mission’s field offices in
  
  Goma and Beni.