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The Islamic State in West Africa or Islamic State's West Africa Province, formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād and commonly known as Boko Haram is a jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. 2019 has seen the further decline of Boko Haram and the loss of much of the territory it once reportedly controlled.