US EditionUS Deploys Military Officers to Nigeria
The deployment aims to enhance Nigerian counterterrorism with U.S. intelligence and training amid ongoing Boko Haram and ISWAP attacks, AFRICOM 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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US Military Says It Deployed Team to Nigeria
The United States has deployed a small team of military specialists to Nigeria after both countries agreed that more needed to be done to combat the terrorist threat in West Africa, the top U.S. commander for the region said on Feb. 3. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), said during a digital news briefing that the team would provide “unique capabilities” to assist Nigerian forces battling extremist groups. It …
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Korrespondent.netThe American team has arrived in the country and has already begun to carry out its tasks.
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