The United States has sent a team of troops to Nigeria, the general in charge of the U.S. command for Africa told reporters.
“That has led to increased collaboration between our nations, to include a small U.S. team that brings some unique capabilities from the United States in order to augment what Nigeria has been doing for several years,” head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, said this week, Reuters reports. He declined to elaborate on when the troops arrived.
In December, the United States launched airstrikes against ISIS in Nigeria.
“Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!” President Trump declared on Truth Social on Christmas evening. “I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing.
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed the attacks. “At the direction of the President of the United States and the Secretary of War, and in coordination with Nigerian authorities, U.S. Africa Command conducted strikes against ISIS terrorists in Nigeria on Dec. 25, 2025, in Sokoto State,” the post read.
President Trump signaled in November that he would be open to positioning U.S. troops in Nigeria to confront “Islamic Terrorists” engaged in the country.
