US-Nigerian operation kills Islamic State commander

美尼联合行动击毙伊斯兰国指挥官

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2026-05-16

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Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State leader in a joint operation. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki oversaw IS-linked activities across Africa and was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by Washington in 2023. We speak to a spokesperson for the Nigerian president and a regional security expert. Also on the programme: where has this week's US-China summit left Taiwan?; and the Swiss bus service on the road to nowhere. (Photo: Nigerian soldiers walk past military tanks prepared for deployment during a tour of the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole by Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, November 7, 2025 Credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi/File Photo)
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  • in his words, completely wipe out Islamic terrorists.

  • He accused the Nigerian authorities of failing to protect Christians and he threatened to withhold foreign aid

  • from Africa's most populous nation.

  • At the time, President Bola Tanubu said that characterisation of religious intolerance in a country that 's largely

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  • And then on Christmas Day, Mr Trump said the United States had launched powerful and deadly strikes against IS militants