Congolese soldiers prepare for a joint patrol with peacekeepers from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) at dusk in Beni, northern North Kivu Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 22, 2021. - 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)