What’s Behind the US Troop Withdrawal From Nigeria?
The United States is planning to remove its counterterrorism teams from Nigeria, despite ongoing violence against Christians. Photo courtesy of NTA. The United States deployed roughly 200 military personnel to Nigeria in February 2026 to support Nigerian forces in intelligence-sharing, training, and counterterrorism operations against Islamist militants, particularly ISIS and Boko Haram-linked factions in the Lake Chad Basin. The deployment followed a Christmas Day airstrike