Jihadists in Congo are extending their reach in the region
Terrorist networks link groups in Congo, Somalia and Mozambique
They came in the dead of night with guns, axes, machetes and petrol bombs, shooting, hacking and setting fire to students as they slept in their dormitories at a remote school in Uganda’s west. After murdering 41 people, the fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group based in eastern Congo linked to Islamic State (IS), spirited themselves back across the border, taking at least six captives with them.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The spreading menace”
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