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Troops repel ISWAP attack on Kawuri base, kill scores, recover weapons in Borno
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Islamic State – West Africa Province
Administrative branch of militant group
The Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Ġarb Ifrīqīyā, meaning 'Province of West Africa', is a militant group and administrative division of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised quasi-state. ISWAP is primarily active in the Chad Basin, and fights an extensive insurgency against the states of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. It is an offshoot of Boko Haram with which it has a violent rivalry.
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