Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) he roopu whawhai me te wehenga whakahaere o te Islamic State o Iraq me te Levant (ISIL), he roopu whawhai jihadist Salafi me te kawanatanga-kore-kore. Ko te ISWAP e mahi ana i te Chad Basin, me te whawhai i te tutu nui
ki ngā whenua 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.