Tag: ISWAP
Majority of Islamic State group attacks target African countries
The Islamic State group (IS) claims that it committed 788 attacks globally in the first half of 2024. Of those attacks, 536 were in...
Capitalising on Operation Lake Sanity’s success against Boko Haram
Operation Lake Sanity has had some success against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin, but the insurgents will soon adapt to the new...
Growing danger of terrorist jailbreaks in West Africa
The attack on the well-fortified Koutoukale prison in Niger’s Tillabéri Region on 11 July followed two failed attempts in 2016 and 2019. In this...
Defections alone won’t break ISWAP terror group
The death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in 2021 triggered unprecedented exits from one of the group’s two factions, Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad...
Boko Haram factional violence worries Islamic State
In October 2023, Boko Haram’s JAS faction (Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad) launched major offensives against the group’s other faction – Islamic State West Africa...
Lake Chad Basin states can sever terrorism’s lifeline – its financing
Nigeria recently sanctioned several individuals and entities for allegedly financing terrorism. The list includes six Nigerians sentenced to 10 years to life in prison...
Nigerian airstrikes taking major toll on ISWAP
Fourteen years into its fight against violent extremist organizations (VEOs) in the Lake Chad Basin, Nigeria is finding success from above, forcing militants to...
ISS: ISWAP’s use of tech could prolong Lake Chad Basin violence
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) could be close to using delivery drones for attacks in the Lake Chad Basin. Weaponising and adapting unmanned...
Terror groups prey on vulnerable, cost continent billions
Moustapha was running out of hope. The Nigerien man had a family to feed but little means to do so.
Like scores of people around...
Is Africa becoming the world’s terror hot spot?
Africa has eclipsed the Middle East as the main focus of worldwide terror groups who are determined to expand their reach.
That’s the conclusion of...
Donated AU equipment handed over to MNJTF
Military hardware donated by the African Union to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has been handed over to Sector 3 of the Task...
ISS: Kuje prison break: is Nigeria out of security options?
On 5 July, the Boko Haram breakaway faction Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) led a successful attack on a well-secured prison in Nigeria’s...
Desertions weaken ISWAP, Boko Haram
As the bloody rivalry between two large terror groups continues to destroy countless lives in northeast Nigeria, both sides are experiencing another kind of...
ISS: Children on the battlefield: ISWAP’s latest recruits
In January, the violent extremist group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) released a video showing young boys undergoing strenuous combat training. As the...
ISS: No easy answers to Lake Chad Basin’s security dilemmas
It has been two decades since Mohammed Yusuf founded the group that became known as Boko Haram, and over a decade since its violent...
Nigerian army general, troops killed in ISWAP attack
A Nigerian army general and three soldiers were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in the...
Nigerian jet thought to have killed civilians in pursuit of militants
The Nigerian air force said on Thursday it may have killed and injured civilians while pursuing suspected Islamist insurgents in the northeast state of...
Nigeria says it seizes 14 tonnes of fertiliser meant for Boko...
Nigerian troops have seized 14 tonnes of fertiliser that the insurgent Islamist group Boko Haram had planned to turn into roadside bombs, the army...
ISS: ISWAP takes aim at the state in Cameroon
The government must act fast to block Islamic State’s advances into the Far North region since Shekau’s death.
Since the Boko Haram crisis went regional...
Boko Haram cleric confirms Shekau’s death, urges fighters’ loyalty
A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight...
ISWAP militant group says Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader is dead
The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) militant group said in an audio recording heard by Reuters on Sunday that Abubakar Shekau, leader of...
Nigeria’s military investigates reports of Boko Haram leader’s death
Nigeria’s military is investigating reports that the leader of militant Islamist group Boko Haram may have been killed or seriously injured following clashes with...
ISS: Economics of terrorism in Lake Chad Basin
In the Lake Chad Basin region, which includes Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, economic viability and control is as important to extremist groups’ resilience...
Lake Chad firefight claims 42 lives
West African troops killed 42 suspected Islamic State fighters during a battle in the Lake Chad region on June 21, the heaviest death toll...
ISS: Rethinking strategy to stop the spread of terrorism
The terror threat across Africa is as strong as ever. Attacks are occurring not just in the older centres of activity such as Somalia,...
ISS: What doesn’t break Boko Haram in Niger makes it stronger
Since the beginning of 2019, there’s been a growing number of attacks in Niger’s Diffa region, largely claimed by Islamic State in West Africa...
