Jul 10, 2019 · In exchange, ISWAP imposes taxes that people appear willing to pay. Secure trade routes mean that everyday commodities – the most important of which for ISWAP is fuel – can reach the islands. In ISWAP-controlled areas, fishermen, fish dealers and cattle rearers are all expected to pay taxes.

Dec 30, 2024 · The boys were tax collectors and foot soldiers of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), one of the world’s most brutal terror groups. Over the years, ISWAP had shifted from mindless destruction to calculated economic exploitation.

Since around May 2022, shortly after the Operation Lake Sanity military offensives began, ISWAP nearly doubled tax rates on communities around the Lake Chad area. In response, populations have increasingly turned against the armed group, refusing to pay them.

ISWAP and ISGS operations are characterized by opportunism and exploitation of local grievances that enables them to build specific narratives for support. As their operations expand, one of the key income streams is the institution of zakat, the 10 percent alms tax every Muslim must pay, supplemented by the jizya, the non-Muslim tax.

Apr 9, 2024 · Civilians in some ISWAP-controlled areas told ISS researchers that the group had recently raised taxes and required other payments from them. Fishermen using the ‘gura’ technique (Malian trap) now pay ₦50 000 (US$38) for a fishing permit – a 67% increase compared to two years ago.

May 24, 2018 · Reuters and DW identifies this Boko Haram faction as led by Musab al-Barnawi and known as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWA or ISWAP), a rival to the faction led by Abubakar Shekau...

The Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقية), meaning 'Province of West Africa', [3] is a militant group and administrative division of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised quasi-state.ISWAP is primarily active in the Chad Basin, and fights an extensive insurgency against ...

Feb 28, 2022 · Mohammed said the ISWAP local administration in Kukawa had fixed 20 per cent of the entire harvest from approved farmland as compulsory tax. “If you harvest 10 bags of beans from a piece of farmland, for example, ISWAP takes two bags as tax, and it is non-negotiable.

Jan 8, 2021 · Boko Haram/ISWAP faction located around the Lake Chad Basin are raising funds to sustain their acts of terror by taxing the local fishermen operating in the axis, Eons Intelligence investigation has revealed.

The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is a Salafi-Jihadist insurgent group that has acted as a subsidiary of the Islamic State (IS) within the Sahel since 2015. The ISWAP distinctly split from Boko Haram in 2016 and has become a rival for resources and territory, though it has since surpassed it in size and capabilities.