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The murky link between DR Congo s ADF and Islamic State Issued on: 07/07/2021 - 04:05 Grief: A relative of a woman killed in a suspected ADF attack in Beni carries a cross to her grave John WESSELS AFP 3 min Its hallmark: Attack a remote village, massacre its inhabitants and abduct survivors. Not for nothing has the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) become a name that inspires widespread dread in eastern DR Congo. Suspicions are growing that this historically Ugandan Muslim group has linked up with the so-called Islamic State, also called ISIS, although experts say the depth of the involvement remains unclear. According to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor, the ADF is one of an estimated 122 armed organisations that roam eastern DRC the legacy of two regional wars that ran almost back-to-back from 1996 to 2003 and claimed millions of lives.

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