Islamic State – West Africa Province

E206012

Islamist insurgent group jihadist militant group terrorist organization

Islamic State – West Africa Province is a jihadist militant group operating primarily in the Lake Chad Basin region, known as an affiliate of ISIS and responsible for insurgency and terrorist attacks in countries such as Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic State – West Africa Province canonical	5
Islamic State West Africa Province	4
ISIS-West Africa Province (ISWAP)	1
Islamic State – West Africa Province (in later organizational structures)	1
operations against Islamic State West Africa Province	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist insurgent group ⓘ jihadist militant group ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ
activeInConflict	Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ Insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin ⓘ
affiliateOf	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ISWAP ⓘ Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ surface form: Islamic State West Africa Province Wilayat Gharb Ifriqiya ⓘ
areaOfActivity	Borno State ⓘ Diffa Region ⓘ Far North Region (Cameroon) ⓘ surface form: Far North Region of Cameroon Lac Region ⓘ Yobe State ⓘ
claimsResponsibilityFor	numerous attacks on Nigerian military bases ⓘ suicide bombings in northeastern Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Cameroon ⓘ Chad ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ
designation	Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States ⓘ terrorist organization by Canada ⓘ terrorist organization by Nigeria ⓘ terrorist organization by the European Union ⓘ terrorist organization by the United Kingdom ⓘ terrorist organization by the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
goal	establishment of an Islamic state under strict sharia law in West Africa ⓘ
hasOpposingForce	Cameroonian Armed Forces ⓘ Forces Armées Nationales Tchadiennes ⓘ surface form: Chadian Armed Forces Multinational Joint Task Force ⓘ Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigerian Armed Forces Niger Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Nigerien Armed Forces
ideology	Islamism ⓘ Salafi jihadism ⓘ
originatesFromConflict	Boko Haram insurgency ⓘ
partOf	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State
primaryTactics	armed assaults ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ village raids ⓘ
primaryTargets	civilians ⓘ government installations ⓘ humanitarian workers ⓘ military forces ⓘ
regionOfOperation	Lake Chad basin ⓘ surface form: Lake Chad Basin
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
splitFrom	Boko Haram ⓘ
usesLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Hausa ⓘ Kanuri ⓘ
usesPropagandaChannel	Islamic State media outlets ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → hasBranch → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

Boko Haram insurgency → mainBelligerent → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

Boko Haram insurgency → relatedOrganization → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

Insurgency in the Maghreb → hasJihadistGroup → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

ISIS → hasBranch → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: ISIS-West Africa Province (ISWAP)

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara → partOf → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State – West Africa Province (in later organizational structures)

Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria → hasOperation → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: operations against Islamic State West Africa Province

Islamic State – West Africa Province → alsoKnownAs → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State West Africa Province

Islamic State central leadership → influences → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State West Africa Province

Boko Haram → hasSplitInto → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State West Africa Province

Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping → perpetrator → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

Multinational Joint Task Force → targets → Islamic State – West Africa Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State West Africa Province