Congo-Kinshasa: The US Has Placed Sanctions On Isis-DRC, but Does the Group Even Exist?

31 March 2021
analysis

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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