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The US carried out strikes on Islamic State-linked targets in north-west Nigeria over Christmas, in what both Washington and Abuja describe as a joint operation. The basics: when, where, and what each ...

RICHMOND, Texas – Airstrikes carried out in northwest Nigeria are drawing strong reactions from Nigerian Americans in the Houston area, where one of the largest Nigerian populations outside of Africa ...

The United States launched airstrikes in Nigeria against Islamic State militants on Christmas Day after President Donald Trump threatened in November to go into the country "guns-a-blazing" over what ...

President Trump on Friday called the U.S. strikes in Nigeria a “Christmas present” for ISIS militants in Nigeria, citing violence against Christians in the African country’s northwest region. “I said ...

Nigeria said it shared intelligence with the U.S. ahead of Christmas night airstrikes on ISIS targets in the country. The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday that it was "engaged ...

The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants. By Helene Cooper Saikou ...

President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing. By Ruth Maclean Saikou JammehIsmail Auwal ...

Nigeria and the United States yesterday launched a joint military operation to flush out terrorists in the Northwest, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed last night. The Federal Government ...

The U.S. military said Nigeria requested air strike on Islamic State fighters. Trump has threatened military action over militant violence against Christians in Nigeria. Nigeria's foreign ministry ...

For years, the Nigerian government has denied that the widespread and deadly violence against Christians within its borders is religiously motivated. In September, President Bola Tinubu called claims ...