Other MoA event in Congo, the Democratic Republic of the on Thu 30th April 2026

On April 30, ISCAP conducted its first claimed attacks in the Haut-Uélé province of northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four days later, the group officially announced its expansion to this new province.

It is unusual for any IS province to announce such territorial expansion, and here it is likely meant as a push for higher recognition in relation to other provinces.

Very notably, almost all attacks in the last month in this province were against military targets. While ISCAP usually makes no distinction between the army, militias, or "hostile Christians," this appears to be a bid to aggressively rearm as the group is low on weapons, and the Haut-Uélé province looks like a fresh area to loot unprepared military positions.

In the three weeks following the announcement, the group conducted numerous attacks, killing and injuring dozens of Congolese soldiers and capturing military equipment. This shows that quite a large portion of the ISCAP main province was invested in this expansion, although attacks continue as usual in its previous zones of activity.