US EditionUS Ambassador Michael Waltz Calls Violence Against Christians in Nigeria “Genocide”
US officials call violence against Nigerian Christians genocide amid data showing roughly equal targeting of Muslims and Christians over five years, with over 52,000 killed since 2009.
- In the past month, US President Donald Trump accused Nigeria's government of tolerating widespread killing of Christians and named it a `country of particular concern`.
- Nigeria's 220 million population is split almost evenly between Christians and Muslims, with rogue gangs attacking mostly Christian farming communities in the northwest and central regions, and Boko Haram insurgents operating since 2009.
- ACLED found targeted political violence has killed about 52,915 civilians since 2009, and Ladd Serwat says there were `similar rates of targeting of Muslims and Christians` in the past five years.
- Christian victims and church leaders say they are targeted because of their faith, while President Donald Trump threatened military intervention to stop what he called `the existential threat`.
- Experts say the situation is more complex than political narratives imply, with Nigerian imam Idris Ishaq stating `That's the truth` and Rev. John Hayab noting attackers `didn't come in Jesus' name`, highlighting contested narratives.
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