Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is the IS-aligned faction that split from Boko Haram/JAS in August 2016, when Abu Mus'ab al-Barnawi was named ISIS's wali for West Africa. ISWAP has carried out the majority of insurgent attacks in north-eastern Nigeria and the broader Lake Chad basin since the 2021 death of long-time JAS leader Abubakar Shekau. The group was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the U.S. State Department in February 2018, listed by the UN Security Council ISIL/Daesh and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee on 23 February 2020, and added to the Nigeria Sanctions Committee list on 5 July 2022. The node here is used as the official-designation organisation reference for designated ISWAP financiers, ISWAP Okene cell members, and ransom-payment designation narratives.