In recent interviews with detained ADF rebels, some hadn't even heard of ISIS.
On 10 March, the US Department of State designated a rebel group operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a foreign terrorist organisation. Referring to it as the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC)", it placed the group under strict sanctions. It suggested that the rebel group - also known as Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - has become part of the so-called Islamic State's Central Africa Province and warrants heightened action.
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