US Military Says It Deployed Team to Nigeria

AFRICOM said the ISIS terrorist group and affiliates of the al-Qaeda terrorist group are expanding in the Sahel and West Africa.

The U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against ISIS members in Somalia on Feb. 1, 2025. U.S. Africa Command/AP

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.