The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) referenced a government estimate that only 7,800 people remained displaced in the Pool region by 2006.

No developments observed this year.

No developments observed this year.

Rebel attacks near the Loulombo railway station in the southern Republic of Congo led to the internal displacement of at least 50,000 individuals, according to a U.N. estimate.¹ The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) completed a further aid distribution program for displaced people in the Republic of Congo. The ICRC offered help to some 10,000 IDPs.²

The security situation deteriorated with the constitutional referendum in January 2002. Ntsiloulous combatants, as well as a group affiliated to the Ntsiloulou leader, Ntoumi, were involved in several violent activities, including a Ninja rebel group’s attack on a train in April 2002. This led to an additional 75,000 displacements internally.³ The spread of violence also led to the close of the humanitarian corridors used by international aid agencies. It was estimated that there were 68,000 IDPs by the end of 2002.⁴

Over the years the security situation improved, especially with the initiation of a follow-up committee seeking to identify, disarm, and demobilize the combatants. A project was launched by the UNDP with the IOM at the request of the government, which aimed to disarm and reintegrate ex-combatants and provide training and micro-projects. The program was also supported by the World Bank’s five million dollar credit support to the newly formed Haut Commissariat pour la Démobilisiation et Reinsertion des ex-Combatant in July 2001. These programs were important given the displacement caused by sporadic violence as well as the displacement of former combatants. However, sporadic violence made displacement more frequent, and by the end of 2001 there were 139,000 IDPs.¹

Over 800,000 people were displaced in the Republic of Congo as of 1998.⁵ As soon as the accords were signed in November and December 1999, displaced individuals started to return to their communities. Nevertheless, by the end of 1999, there were still 650,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).⁶ With the termination of conflict, the Republic of Congo faced a humanitarian crisis. Those displaced had never received humanitarian support.⁷

By the end of 2000, the number of IDPs had declined to 125,000.⁸

No further developments observed.

No further developments observed.

According to the final report of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP), there were an estimated 19,700 refugees in 2007.¹