LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian military said Monday that a new operation with U.S. forces has killed more than 20 Islamic State group militants in northeastern Borno state. The operation in Metele followed the weekend killing of Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, deputy leader of the group’s local West African “province,” marking a new development in the military cooperation. It was the first successful targeting of a senior militant leader by Nigeria’s security forces after well over a decade of

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