For years, the Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terror groups have told Muslims in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin that the world outside their camps is not merely corrupt, but that living in it constitutes unbelief. They reinforce this stance through the misinterpretation of scripture, selective history, and the […]
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For the Islamic State (IS) and its West Africa Province (ISWAP), the third week of May 2026 began with a compound disaster and ended with a theology lesson. The group faced one of its most shocking moments, at least in West Africa or, more specifically, Nigeria. With its headquarters in Nigeria, ISWAP has been the […]
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Behind the facade of order and cunning that the terror group Boko Haram, and its splinter group ISWAP, flaunt to the outside world, lies a dysfunctional core corroded by greed, paranoia, extortion, tribalism, fear, and treachery. In their enclaves, in North East Nigeria and in the wider Lake Chad region, women often bear the heaviest […]
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A coordinated wave of violence has raged through Borno State in northeastern Nigeria between May 12 and 13, as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched its most sophisticated assault in recent memory. The group, wielding advanced drone capabilities and high mobility tactics, attacked military installations, key towns, and vital roadways, reigniting fears over […]
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About 277 women and children were rescued from Boko Haram and ISWAP controlled teritories in Borno State, North East Nigeria, following recent extensive military operations around Bama, Dikwa, and Monguno towns in the state. On July 10, during a brief ceremony at the military barracks in Maiduguri, the state capital, the military handed over the […]
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Following the recent military junta’s seizure of power and the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum in the Niger Republic, the country’s battle against jihadist insurgency has suffered a setback, attacks on military and civilian targets have continued. Despite the military’s assertions of worsening security as a key rationale for their intervention, the persistent and intricate […]
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Terrorists who brutally killed a group of cattle herders were motivated by a new policy from the Islamic State in West Africa Province to “protect farmers” in areas over which the group exerts control, HumAngle understands. The terrorists killed 21 herders in two attacks in Kukawa, Borno North East Nigeria, on July 25, in what […]
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Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of the Boko Haram terror group, have demanded $16, 750 (USD) from 13 people kidnapped during an attack at Goré Kendi village in Cameroon. The victims, whose community is located at the municipality of Blangoua in the department of Logone-et-Chari which borders Lake […]
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The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) on Friday claimed responsibility for killing three security personnel during an attack in Edo state in southern Nigeria. The group says the attack on a Nigerian army checkpoint in Akoko resulted in four injuries. However, the incident was likely connected to Thursday’s ambush of police officers along the […]
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ISWAP has claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion that killed at least three people on Dec. 29 outside a monarch’s Palace in Okene, Nigeria’s Northcentral state of Kogi. The claim by the Islamic State affiliate on Monday comes days after the explosion at the palace of the traditional leader of the Ebira tribe, Ohinoyi […]
Read MoreThe Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP)’s pledge of allegiance to the new leader of the Islamic State, or Bay’ah in Arabic, gives a window into its capabilities and the group’s transformation in the past year. Over the past few days, several ISWAP subgroups of varying size and capacity have appeared in propaganda materials pledging […]
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Nigeria has been in a long-drawn battle with violent terror organisations for over a decade. These groups break up, expand, contract, and form new alliances as their strength either intensifies or wanes. Whatever happens, they have remained a threat to the safety of lives and property, and one key reason is their access to funding. […]
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