The United States has withdrawn most of its troops deployed to Nigeria for counterterrorism operations in the Lake Chad Basin following the successful elimination of a top leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), while pledging to sustain intelligence and security cooperation with the Nigerian government.
The Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, Dagvin R. M. Anderson, disclosed this during a digital press briefing on the outcome of the African Chiefs of Defence Conference 2026.
According to Anderson, the withdrawal followed the completion of the specific military mission for which about 200 U.S. personnel were deployed to Nigeria earlier this year.
He, however, stressed that Washington would continue to support Nigeria through intelligence sharing and specialised security assistance at the request of the Federal Government......>>>
