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Allied Democratic Forces

Alphabet soup of competing armies and ‘peacekeepers’ complicates conflict in eastern DRC

Op-eds

Alphabet soup of competing armies and ‘peacekeepers’ complicates conflict in eastern DRC

By Stephanie Wolters

Brutal attack on students show's Uganda’s inability to quell violent extremism

Africa

Brutal attack on students show's Uganda’s inability to quell violent extremism

By Isel Ras

Félix Tshisekedi opens Pandora’s Box with threat of conflict in eastern DRC

Africa

Félix Tshisekedi opens Pandora’s Box with threat of conflict in eastern DRC

By Peter Fabricius

East African Community extends olive branch to eastern DRC’s rebel groups

Africa

East African Community extends olive branch to eastern DRC’s rebel groups

By Peter Fabricius

Proliferation of Allied Democratic Forces across Africa linked to spike in Uganda terror attacks

Africa

Proliferation of Allied Democratic Forces across Africa linked to spike in Uganda terror attacks

By Peter Fabricius

Rapid reaction forces assist DRC’s fight against armed groups but other strategies also needed

Africa

Rapid reaction forces assist DRC’s fight against armed groups but other strategies also needed

By Peter Fabricius

Protests against UN peace mission send clear message to Tshisekedi as bloodshed continues

Africa

Protests against UN peace mission send clear message to Tshisekedi as bloodshed continues

By David Zounmenou for ISS Today

Suspected Islamists free 900 prisoners from east DRC jail

Africa

Suspected Islamists free 900 prisoners from east DRC jail

By Reuters

Newsdeck

Intense fighting in DR Congo after 20 kidnapped

By AFP

ISS Today: Is the Force Intervention Brigade still justifying its existence?

Africa

ISS Today: Is the Force Intervention Brigade still justifying its existence?

By ISS Today

Newsdeck

42 killed in troubled east DR Congo

By AFP

Newsdeck

16 villagers hacked to death in eastern DR Congo

By AFP