The US has withdrawn most of the forces it deployed for a recent operation against Islamic State IS militants in Nigeria and is now providing intelligence support at Abujas request, the head of US Africa Command Africom said.
In May, US and Nigerian forces conducted military operations in northeastern Nigeria that killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the second-in-command of IS globally. That followed a US strike on Christmas Day against the militants ordered by President Donald Trump, who said they had been targeting Christians in the African country.
Addressing a conference of African defence chiefs in Angola on Thursday, Africom commander Gen Dagvin Anderson described Mays joint US-Nigerian as a model for future security co-operation in Africa.
