Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
The crisis at a glance
Instability as a result of multiple armed groups, natural resources trafficking, ethnic tensions
Contributing structural factors of weak state presence, generalized poverty, chronic land conflicts
More than 500,000 currently displaced
LRA attacks more intense in late 2013 and early 2014 than at any time since 2011
High activity by natural resources warlords, causing displacement and suffering
Remnants of Ituri Conflict still strong, causing huge humanitarian needs