Factbox: Who are Islamic State's affiliates in Central Africa?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: Ugandan police members secure the scene of an explosion in Komamboga, a suburb on the northern outskirts of Kampala, Uganda October 24, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Ugandan authorities blamed Tuesday's deadly suicide bombings https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/explosion-uganda-capital-kills-least-two-local-tv-2021-11-16 on "domestic terror groups" linked to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist militia with roots in Uganda, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The reclusive group is blamed for killing hundreds of villagers in eastern Congo in nighttime raids over the last two years. The ADF pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in mid-2019.

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