US Offers Reward of Up to $5 Million for Congo’s ISIS Leader

US Offers Reward of Up to $5 Million for Congo’s ISIS Leader
A Congolese policeman walks as he responds to protests in the Majengo neighborhood of Goma, Congo, on March 22, 2019, following four deaths and 10 kidnappings the previous night by unknown assailants. Luke Dennison/AFP via Getty Images
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—The United States is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that could lead to the capture of Congo’s leading terrorist, who leads an affiliate of the ISIS group.

The Rewards for Justice program, which is run by the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service, is seeking information about Seka Musa Baluku, the U.S. Embassy in Congo said. Baluku’s group has engaged in brutal violence against Congolese citizens and regional military forces in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces, the embassy said.