US EditionNigeria: Trump's Threats to Nigeria Are Reckless, Infantilising and Dangerous
Trump labeled Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern due to systematic Christian persecution and threatened military intervention if killings by Islamist extremists continue.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern, marking a second CPC label for Africa's most populous country with over 230 million people.
- Members of Trump's administration say Christians are killed in record numbers and have argued the attacks amount to `genocide` in recent months, recalling Boko Haram's kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok.
- On Saturday the president warned on Truth Social of stopping aid and entering `guns-a-blazing`, instructing the Department of War to prepare for possible action.
- Reactions across Nigeria have been mixed, from panic to elation, while President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called the characterization categorically untrue and Daniel Bwala said Tinubu will meet Trump `in the coming days`.
- Under the US International Religious Freedom Act, the Country of Particular Concern designation places Nigeria alongside China, Iran, Russia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Eritrea, and the US has designated at least 14 other countries.
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Trump Designates Nigeria 'Country of Particular Concern,' Threatens Military Action Over Christian Persecution
President Donald Trump threatened Nigeria with ending all U.S. aid and ordering military strikes unless the government addresses the persecution of Christians at the hands of Islamic terrorist groups. Trump warned on Saturday that the U.S. will take the crisis into its own hands if local authorities do not. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria…
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