Islamic State – West Africa Province

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:militant
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:ISWAP
gptkbp:activeIn	gptkb:Cameroon gptkb:Chad gptkb:Niger gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Islamic_State_–_Greater_Sahara
gptkbp:designation	gptkb:European_Union gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:United_Nations gptkb:United_States gptkb:militant
gptkbp:founded	2015
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Islamic_State_central_command
gptkbp:goal	establish Islamic caliphate
gptkbp:ideology	Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic English Hausa Kanuri
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Abu_Musab_al-Barnawi
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:2018_Rann_attack gptkb:2019_Monguno_attack gptkb:2020_Borno_massacre
gptkbp:notableEvent	capture of Baga in 2018 death of Abubakar Shekau in 2021 split from Boko Haram in 2016
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Abu_Abdullahi_Umar_Al_Barnawi gptkb:Abu_Dawud gptkb:Ba_Idrisa gptkb:Malam_Bako gptkb:Abu_Musab_al-Barnawi
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Multinational_Joint_Task_Force gptkb:Boko_Haram gptkb:Nigerian_government
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Islamic_State
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Islamic_State
gptkbp:responsibility	gptkb:Lake_Chad_Basin
gptkbp:rival	gptkb:Al-Qaeda_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb gptkb:Boko_Haram
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Boko_Haram
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:tactics	gptkb:guerrilla_warfare gptkb:kidnapping massacres ambushes suicide bombings raids
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ISIS gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Islamic State – West Africa Province