Armed groups calling residents home: the RNDDH urges the population to be careful
- Calls to return have followed episodes of displacement since 2019.
- A call of that kind was made to the residents of Delmas 30 and neighbouring areas on 22 August 2025.
- The guarantee comes from the same armed groups that caused the displacement.
- The network urges the population to be careful, because nothing has been done by the state to make return safe.
The pattern the report describes has repeated since 2019: violence empties a neighbourhood, and then the armed groups that emptied it invite the population back, promising they will not be attacked again and can go about their business freely. On 22 August 2025 a call of that kind was made to the residents of Delmas 30 and neighbouring areas. The network sets out what these invitations have meant in practice for the people who accepted them, and invites the population to be careful, because the guarantee is offered by the same people who caused the displacement and nothing has been done by the state to make return safe.
How to cite
National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), 2025, Armed groups calling residents home: the RNDDH urges the population to be careful, https://web.rnddh.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/7-RapM-Appels-au-retour-lances-par-les-bandits-15Sept2025.FR_.pdf
- Rights holder
- Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)