Congolese soldiers enter the town of Mutwanga, partly deserted after recent armed attacks, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 23, 2021. - Since December 2020, several dozen deadly attacks have taken place on this road and in surrounding villages. Since October 2019 and the launch of "large-scale" military operations in Beni Territory, the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), originally from Uganda and claiming to be a branch of the Islamic State organization, has increased its deadly attacks and killed over 1,200 people. In March 2021, the U.S. State Department listed the ADF as an international terrorist organization affiliated with ISIS, and designated it as ISIS-DRC. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)