The deployment follows months of escalating pressure from President Trump on the African nation, including a surprise missile ...

Washington is stepping up its military presence to combat Islamist insurgents, but the move is viewed through the prism of US domestic politics and a White House narrative focused on protecting core ...

An attack in Nigeria by suspected jihadi terrorists that killed at least 162 people has been condemned as "horrific" by ...

The Trump administration is sending about 200 troops to Nigeria to help train its military to fight Islamist militants, U.S.

A yearslong effort to convince Washington of religious persecution is shifting foreign policy toward the West African nation, ...

The 200 troops will supplement a small team of American military officers already embedded with Nigerian forces.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly identify the summit in Washington this week. It is the International ...

The country’s first lady and a governor joined Nigeria’s Washington lobbying efforts to counter the growing Christian genocide narrative on Capitol Hill.

After Venezuela, the US dispatched a small military team to Nigeria. General Dagvin Anderson announced this and alleged that ...

Trump recently made comments suggesting Nigeria could face U.S. military action if certain conditions aren’t met. Analysts ...