Islamic State West Africa Province

ISWAP Jihadists Attack Nigeria’s Borno State Governor’s Convoy

Jihadists have attacked a convoy of a regional governor in Nigeria's restive northeast, just two days after a similar ambush targeting him left 30 dead, two security sources said Monday.

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ISWAP Fighters Kill Nine Troops in Nigeria’s Borno State: Sources

At least nine Nigerian troops were killed in an offensive by ISWAP jihadists in northeast Borno state, two security sources said Wednesday.

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ISWAP Fighters Kill 14 in Nigeria-Cameroon Border Over ‘Blockade’

ISWAP jihadists have killed 14 people on a Cameroonian island on Lake Chad near the border with Nigeria after their town decided to block food supplies to the insurgents, security sources said.

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ISWAP Terrorists Take Hundreds Hostage in Nigerian Town: Sources

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group have taken hundreds of hostages in a town in northeast Nigeria, locals and militia sources said Wednesday.

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‘Bandits’ Kill 23 Nigerian Troops in Northwest: Security Sources

At least 23 Nigerian troops were killed by a gang of so-called "bandits" in the forested part of Jibia district in Katsina state.

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Jihadists Kill 10 Nigerian Soldiers: Sources

Jihadists shot dead 10 Nigerian soldiers near Maiduguri, continuing a decade-long insurgency that has displaced over two million.

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35 Troops Killed in Nigeria Jihadist Ambush, 30 Missing: New Toll

The death toll from a jihadist attack on a military convoy in northeast Nigeria has risen from 23 to 35, while 30 troops are still missing, security sources said.

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How Islamic State Could Utilize COVID-19 Woes as Catalyst for African Resurgence

Islamic State appears to have rebounded from its defeat in the Levant and is utilizing security and economic gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to launch a resurgence in Africa.

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Jihadists Kill 23 Soldiers in Nigeria Ambush: Security Sources 

Fighters affiliated with the Islamic State West African Province ambushed a Nigerian military convoy Tuesday, killing 23 soldiers, anonymous security sources say. The military downplayed its losses.

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Jihadists Kill Dozens in Northeast Nigeria Attacks

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group killed dozens of people in the latest of a flurry of bloody attacks in northeast Nigeria, local sources said Sunday.  Inhabitants of remote Goni Usmanti village told AFP that fighters gunned down 38 people in a raid on Saturday and set a truck ablaze, killing an unknown number of passengers.  Security sources and residents said at least 15 people, including nine soldiers, died hours later in a second attack by the jihadists on the town of Monguno, 40 miles away.  The killings are the latest in a spike of assaults by fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction after they massacred 81 people at a village in the area on Tuesday. Jihadists in pickup trucks on Saturday shot dead fleeing residents in Goni Usmanti after brief clashes with members of a local government-backed militia, sources said.  “The insurgents killed 38 people, including six vigilantes who put up a fight before they were overpowered,” local self-defense group leader Babakura Kolo said. Resident Grema Nuwaisu gave the same toll and said the fighters had also opened fire on a lorry loaded with traders, burning the vehicle and those inside.  …

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