According to Jihad Analytics, Nigeria has registered 162 IS actions since January 2022, while Iraq has recorded 120.
According to Jihad Analytics, a business that processes data on global and cyber jihad, Nigeria now has the largest number of Islamic State strikes (IS).
According to the research, Africa has been the site of half of IS’s attacks since the beginning of 2022, and the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), an IS affiliate, is currently more active in Nigeria.
According to Jihad Analytics, Nigeria has registered 162 IS actions since January 2022, while Iraq has recorded 120.
“The Islamic State has carried out half of its attacks in #Africa since the beginning of the year,” the business tweeted on Friday.
“For the first time in the jihadist group’s history, Iraq is no longer the country where #IS claims the most operations: #ISWAP is now more active in Nigeria.”
Nigeria was ranked sixth on the global terrorism index for 2022 as of March (GTI).
The rating was seen as a relative improvement, as Nigeria fell two spots from fourth place, which it had held since 2017.
In North-Eastern Nigeria, IS has killed thousands of people and displaced millions.
It has also assaulted the motorcade of Babagana Umara Zulum, the Governor of Borno State.
In North-Eastern Nigeria, the organization has killed thousands of people and displaced millions.
The Nigerian military has consistently stated that the insurgency has been mostly vanquished, and any losses are frequently downplayed.
Soldiers have been targeted by rebels who have set up ambushes in their path in recent months.
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