A search team recovered the body of a US soldier who went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the US Army said on Sunday.

Moroccan searchers found the remains on Saturday in the water within a mile (1.6km) of where the soldier went missing on 2 May, the army said in a statement.

The army identified the solider as 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, a platoon leader in an artillery unit.

A second soldier remains missing and search operations are continuing, according to the army.

The US service members were participating in African Lion, the US Africa Command’s largest joint exercise among US forces, Nato allies and African partner nations.

The largest part of the exercise takes place in Morocco, involving approximately 5,000 personnel from more than 40 countries, according to Africom.