US withdraws troops from Nigeria

The United States has withdrawn its subject forces deployed for a associated counterterrorism cognition successful Nigeria but continues quality sharing and different forms of information practice with Nigeria.

The Commander of US Air Forces successful Europe-Air Forces Africa, General Dagvin R.M. Anderson made this disclosure connected Thursday astatine a property briefing connected the result of the African Chiefs of Defence Conference 2026.

Anderson highlighted the relation of US-Nigeria quality practice successful counterterrorism operations against the Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh), noting that portion the circumstantial subject cognition had ended and astir US unit progressive had left, America remained committed to supporting Nigeria done quality collaboration astatine the petition of the Nigerian government.

“And truthful that cognition successful the Lake Chad Basin of Nigeria not lone helped the countries successful that contiguous region; it besides helped countries globally arsenic that disrupted the ISIS network.

“And past we person withdrawn overmuch of our forces that were conscionable determination for that operation, bu...