What the records say
- When
- 2015 – 2025
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 15,594
- Coordinates
- 11.95° N, 13.34° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- internationalized intrastate
- Territory name
- Islamic State
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- Nigeria
- Side a
- Government of Nigeria
Placed at the middle of its 2,096 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
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.
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The source
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
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