 DL Congo President Felix Chesiketti has given a go-ahead to the deployment of American anti-terrorism experts to help the country. The Americans will be aiding the Congolese Army in battling the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group linked to ISIL. The ADF, which the United States has deemed a terrorist group, is considered the deadliest of dozens of armed militias that roam Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Catholic Church estimates the ADF has killed more than 6,000 civilians since 2013.