FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Kampala twin blast: Who are Islamic State’s affiliates in Central Africa? • FRANCE 24 English” – below is their description.
Ugandan authorities blamed Tuesday’s deadly suicide bombings 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 ADF pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in mid-2019. FRANCE 24’s #Terrorism Specialist Wassim Nasr tells us more.
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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.