Date: Nov 23, 2018 Source: The Daily Star Daesh says attacks in W. Africa killed 118 Reuters CAIRO: Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility for five attacks in an area it calls the "State of West Africa" which it said had resulted in 118 casualties in the last week. In a video posted late on Thursday, the militant group did not specify the number of people killed in attacks between Nov. 16 and 22. Daesh uses "State of West Africa" to refer to Nigeria where security sources told Reuters more than 100 soldiers had been killed in attacks in recent days.