The United States has announced a reward of up to $5 million (£4.1 million) for information leading to the capture of Seka Musa Baluku, the leader of the Islamic State-linked ADF militia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to the US State Department, the wanted ADF leader is a Ugandan national in his late 40s.
“Under Seka Musa Baluku’s leadership, the group targets, kills, maims, rapes, and engages in other sexual violence, as well as abducts civilians, including children,” the department’s Rewards for Justice program said in a statement.
According to the report, the “group also recruits and uses children during attacks and for forced labor” in the eastern DR Congo’s Beni territory.
The group is accused of murdering thousands of Congolese civilians as well as carrying out bomb attacks in Uganda. According to the UN Security Council, the group killed over 849 civilians in 2020 alone.
Reward up to $5 Million for Info
Seka Musa BalukuBaluku's ISIS-DRC has launched brutal terrorist attacks and committed atrocities against civilians and security forces in east DRC.
If you have info on Baluku, submit a tip. You could be eligible for a reward and relocation. pic.twitter.com/2kjeI13KvK
— Rewards for Justice (@RFJ_USA) March 2, 2023
