Is this the End for Islamic State's Nigeria Branch?
Simon Whistler · October 22, 2026 · 13 min video · Africa
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A decade of battlefield losses, killed commanders and squeezed finances has hollowed out the group that once controlled territory across the Lake Chad basin.
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Few groups have reeked as much havoc in the Sahel as the Islamic State, West
Africa province,
Or Iswap. Iswap emerged as an offshoot of Boko Haram in 2016,
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