Army commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are beating back an armed group that is terrorising the people of the east of the country.
At least a thousand civilians have died in recent months.
But fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, armed with guns and machetes, still have the capacity to attack villages.
That is despite the four-month operation by 22,000 Congolese soldiers.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi has this exclusive report.
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In This Story: Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DROC, or simply either Congo or the Congo, and historically Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. The capital is Kinshasa.
With a population of over 101 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most-populous officially Francophone country in the world.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability. As of 2018, around 600,000 Congolese have fled to neighbouring countries from conflicts in the centre and east of the DRC. Two million children risk starvation, and the fighting has displaced 4.5 million people.
