Lagos, Dec 26, 2025 (AFP) - Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operations

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2025-12-26

Nigeria on Friday signalled more strikes against jihadist groups were expected after a Christmas Day bombardment by US forces against militants in the north of the country. The west African country faces multiple interlinked security crises in its north, where jihadists have been waging an insurgency in the northeast since 2009 and armed "bandit" gangs raid villages and stage kidnappings in the northwest. The US strikes come after Abuja and Washi......

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