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US Military Team Deployed to Nigeria After Recent Attacks
U.S. Africa Command sent officers to enhance Nigeria's fight against Islamist and armed groups amid growing military cooperation after December airstrikes, officials said.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Africa Command announced it dispatched a small team of U.S. military officers to Nigeria, General Dagvin R.M. Anderson said.
- Long-Running fighting with armed groups has prompted increased U.S.-Nigeria cooperation after a meeting in Rome late last year, Anderson said.
- The U.S. has supplied Nigeria with military equipment and conducted reconnaissance missions to support counterinsurgency efforts.
- Diplomatic tensions have included threats by President Donald Trump and the U.S. designating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern, which the Nigerian government firmly rejected.
- It is unclear when the team arrived in Nigeria, and the terms of the U.S.-Nigeria cooperation remain unclear, despite last month’s attack in Kaduna state.
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