Abuja, Nigeria
Reuters
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Nigeria’s military said on Wednesday that about 200 US troops due to arrive in the coming weeks would not take part in combat action and that Nigerian forces would retain full control over all security decisions.
This followed comments from a US official on Tuesday that the Pentagon planned to deploy the troops to train Nigerian forces fighting Islamist militants, weeks after President Donald Trump ordered against what he described as Islamic State targets.
Last week, the US military confirmed it had sent a small team to Nigeria, without giving details, marking Washington’s first acknowledgment of personnel on the ground since the Christmas…