The Pentagon revealed on Tuesday that a team of U.S. military forces is in Nigeria to combat terrorism in the African country. 

The development comes after President Donald Trump authorized strikes last December against ISIS terrorists in northwest Nigeria, amid concerns that the group, and other radicalized Islamist militias such as Boko Haram, are killing thousands of Christians. General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command AFRICOM, said this week that a small team of soldiers was deployed after he met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, and the countries agreed to enhance coordination to fight terrorist forces. 

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