President Trump has again announced the possible deployment of the United States’ foot soldiers and airstrikes to Nigeria. What he said and the video in the comments.
recalls that Trump said on Saturday, November 1, that he had asked the Defence Department to prepare for possible ‘fast’ military action in Nigeria if Africa’s most populous country fails to crack down on the killing of Christians. Nigeria, a country with more than 200 million people and around 200 ethnic groups, is divided between the largely Muslim north and mostly Christian south. Islamist insurgents such as Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have wrought havoc in the country for more than 15 years, killing thousands of people, but their attacks have been largely confined to the northeast of the country, which is majority Muslim.
While Christians have been killed, the vast majority of the victims have been Muslims, according to analysts. In central Nigeria, there have been frequent clashes between mostly Muslim herders and mainly Christian farmers over access to water and pasture, while in the northwest of the country, gunmen routinely attack villages, kidnapping residents for ransom.
