Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Rohe o Awherika ki te Hauauru o te Islamic State (ISWAP) he rōpū hōia me te wehenga whakahaere o te Islamic State o Iraq me te Levant (ISIL), he rōpū hōia jihadist Salafi me te kāwanatanga-kore. Ko te ISWAP e kaha ana ki te awa o Chad, me te whawhai
he pakanga nui ki nga kawanatanga o Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, me Niger. He peka o Boko Haram me ia kua whakawhanakehia he whakataetae nanakia, te patu i te kaiarahi o Boko Haram a Abubakar Shekau i te tau 2021. Hei taapiri, ko te ISWAP te whakahaere a te kopare mo nga roopu ISIL katoa i Awherika ki te Hauauru; ko te Islamic State i te Greater Sahara (IS-GS) he waahanga o te ISWAP, ahakoa he iti noa nga hononga i waenga i te ISWAP me te IS-GS.