Boko Haram and the Islamic State's West Africa Province

Abstract

Since 2009, an Islamist insurgency based in northeastern Nigeria has killed tens of thousands of people and triggered a massive humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin region of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger (see Figure1). Founded in the early 2000s as a Salafist Sunni Muslim reform movement, Boko Haram, which roughly translates to Western culture is forbidden, has evolved into one of the worlds deadliest Islamist armed groups. Since 2016, an Islamic State (IS)-affiliated splinter faction, the Islamic States West Africa Province (IS-WA, aka ISIS-WA or ISWAP) has surpassed Boko Haram in size and capacity, and now ranks among ISs most active affiliates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 26, 2021
Accession Number
AD1148948

Entities

People

  • Tomas F. Husted

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Human Rights
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • Leadership
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Reconnaissance
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas
  • West Africa

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.