Islamic State in Africa: Affiliates and Competition

... finds itself at the core of the IS strategy. Islamic State’s Wilayat — West Africa For many years, the Sahel region has been the place of concentration and mounting activity for numerous jihadist groups of various strains. Such terrorist factions as Boko Haram (recognized as a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) and Al-Qaeda (recognized as a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) along with smaller alliances of radicals have been waging a full-scale war against ...