The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقية), meaning 'West African Province', [1] is a militant group and administrative division of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised quasi-state.

Jun 6, 2023 · As the most prominent “province” (wilaya) of Islamic State (IS) outside the Middle East, ISWAP’s persistence ensures IS’s vision of a global “caliphate” endures despite IS’s setbacks in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Oct 18, 2004 · In March 2015, Abubakar Shekau’s (QDi.322) group, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) (QDe.138), pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as...

ISWAP exhibits distain for Boko Haram’s operational tactics— namely its attacks on Muslim civilians. ISGS has maintained some level of affinity with the al- Qaeda affiliated groups

Mar 26, 2021 · Since 2016, an Islamic State (IS)-affiliated splinter faction, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (IS-WA, aka ISIS-WA or ISWAP) has surpassed Boko Haram in size and capacity, and now ranks among IS’s most active affiliates. Boko Haram and IS-WA have proven resilient despite military pressure.

ISWAP is a Sunni Islamic extremist group with a sphere of operations that encompass north-eastern Nigeria and the southern Lake Chad Basin, Nigeria’s northern border regions with Niger and Cameroon. Over the past two years, ISWAP activity has increasingly extended south into southern Nigeria.

Apr 13, 2023 · Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) could be close to using delivery drones for attacks in the Lake Chad Basin. Weaponising and adapting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a new trend in the group’s operational strategy, and could worsen the conflict.

May 30, 2024 · In May 2021, Abubakar Shekau, the megalomaniacal leader of Boko Haram, detonated an explosive to kill himself to avoid capture by rival jihadist group Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).

One faction aligned more with the Islamic State – to which JAS previously pledged allegiance – and called itself the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). An ISWAP-led attack on Sambisa...

Dec 30, 2024 · ISWAP’s tax system extends beyond crops like fish and millet to livestock. Cattle herders are required to pay taxes for each head of cattle they graze. Salkida explains that “herders must relinquish a portion of their livestock based on the size of their herd as taxes to ISWAP or Boko Haram and due to the presence of multiple factions, they ...