US, AFRICOM delegation visit Maiduguri, reaffirms counter terrorism cooperation

A delegation from the United States Africa Command, AFRICOM, has visited the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, successful Maiduguri, to fortify ongoing antagonistic coercion practice successful the Lake Chad region.

The delegation, led by the Deputy Director of Operations/Cyber, Rear Admiral Cameron Chen, arrived astatine Maimalari Cantonment connected May 20, wherever they were received by the Deputy Theatre Commander, Air Vice Marshal O.F. Akinboyewa.

During the visit, the delegation received a elaborate briefing connected the existent menace appraisal successful the North-East and ongoing counterterrorism and counter-insurgency operations crossed the theatre.

Discussions focused connected strengthening quality sharing, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, ISR, support, logistics, interdiction, and improved operational coordination wrong the Lake Chad Basin.

The delegation besides reviewed ongoing multinational efforts aimed astatine degrading violent capabilities and disrupting logistics networks crossed the region.

Security sources said some sides reaffirmed their committedness to continued collaboration nether existing antagonistic coercion and counter-insurgency frameworks, including preparations for Operation Lake Sanity III.

The sojourn was described arsenic palmy and conducted without incident, with int...