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Is this the End for Islamic State's Nigeria Branch?

Name: Is this the End for Islamic State's Nigeria Branch?
Uploaded: 2026-10-22T20:00:20.000Z
Duration: 804 s
Channel: Simon Whistler
Description: A decade of battlefield losses, killed commanders and squeezed finances has hollowed out the group that once controlled territory across the Lake Chad basin.

A decade of battlefield losses, killed commanders and squeezed finances has hollowed out the group that once controlled territory across the Lake Chad basin.

Simon Whistler • October 22, 2026

Is this the End for Islamic State's Nigeria Branch?

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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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