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US delivers military supplies to Nigeria amid insurgency fight

US airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria

Front pages of newspapers reporting on US airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria are displayed at a newspaper stall in Lagos, Nigeria, December 26, 2025. 

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By  Reuters

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The United States has delivered critical military supplies to Nigeria to bolster the West African nation's operations, the US military's Africa Command (Africom) said on Tuesday.

The delivery came after the US carried out a strike targeting Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria last month.

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