Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)
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Aug- 2020 -28 AugustAfrica
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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19 AugustAfrica
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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Jul- 2020 -20 JulyAfrica
‘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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14 JulyAfrica
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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10 JulyAfrica
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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9 JulyCommentary
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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9 JulyAfrica
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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Jun- 2020 -29 JuneAfrica
Jihadists in NE Nigeria Kill 11, Others Missing: Security Sources
At least nine Nigerian soldiers and two members of a civil defense militia were killed in a jihadist attack on a civilian convoy in northeast Borno state.
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19 JuneAfrica
Nigeria Attacks Spark Fears of Bloodier Jihadist Strategy
People in northeast Nigeria are no strangers to horror after a decade-long jihadist insurgency, but a flurry of bloody assaults has ramped up fears that a powerful jihadist faction may be opening a grim new chapter.
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14 JuneAfrica
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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