On 22 January 2023 in Makugwe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Islamists killed about 20 people.

[1] The Allied Democratic Forces are a Ugandan Islamist group who began an insurgency in 1996.

During the late 2010s, the group forged close links to the Islamic State.

[1] The massacre occurred at a bar; the insurgents also looted and set fire to several homes and shops, and kidnapped several people.

[1] Provincial deputy Saidi Balikwisha, who was in Makugwe during the attack, claimed the death toll to be 23 and stated at least 3 others were reported missing.