Abuja, Jan 27, 2026 (AFP) - Can the US halt jihadist violence in Nigeria?

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Just over a week after the United States launched strikes targeting militants in Nigeria on Christmas Day, a roadside bomb ripped through an armoured troop carrier, killing at least eight Nigerian soldiers. Then, days ahead of a high-profile US-Nigeria security meeting in Abuja last week, armed gangs kidnapped more than 170 churchgoers in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state. Elsewhere, a suicide bomber hit a military convoy killing half a dozen troo......

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