Americans will train local forces, but won’t see combat, officials say.

Nigerian authorities say the United States is sending troops to Nigeria to train the West African country's military in combating extremism as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in the north.

The Trump administration is sending about 200 troops to Nigeria to help train its military to fight Islamist militants, U.S. and Nigerian officials said Tuesday. The deployment comes weeks after ...

The U.S. will reportedly send 200 troops to Nigeria in an effort to train Nigeria’s armed forces to combat Islamic terrorists in a country plagued with Islamists kidnapping and killing Christians and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States is sending troops to Nigeria to help train the West African nation's military in fighting extremism, Nigerian authorities said Wednesday, as a multifaceted ...