US EditionAfrica: AU Chair - Muslims Were Earliest Victims of Boko Haram Insurgents in Nigeria
- On Nov. 12, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Chair of the African Union Commission, said there is no genocide in northern Nigeria and noted AU reports consistently state this while Muslims were Boko Haram's first victims.
- Recently, claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria circulated widely on traditional and social media, prompting a group of U.S. lawmakers to urge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to act, while President Donald Trump redesignated Nigeria as a 'country of particular concern'.
- UN figures show that the Boko Haram has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced more than two million, with conflicts killing both Christians and Muslims.
- The federal government has consistently rejected the allegations, while the Christian Association of Nigeria says Christian communities have faced repeated deadly attacks, prompting recent U.S. policy actions including the CPC designation.
- Nigeria's demographics — 230 million inhabitants — mean its Christian south and Muslim-majority north shape communal fault lines, while President Donald Trump’s warnings raise the risk of diplomatic or military consequences.
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Trump's threat: Muslims first victims of Boko Haram, no Christian genocide in Nigeria
African Union Commission Chairman, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has claimed that Muslims are the first victims of Boko Haram in Nigeria, not Christians. Youssouf recently stated this to reporters from the United Nations headquarters podium while responding to the genocide allegations in Nigeria. Asked by a reporter about United States President Donald Trump’s recent threats to Nigeria over the persecution of Christians, Youssouf said: “Let me say this …
Africa: AU Chair - Muslims Were Earliest Victims of Boko Haram Insurgents in Nigeria
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Youssouf, has said there is no evidence of targeted killings of Christians in northern Nigeria, insisting that the security situation in the region cannot be characterised as genocide.
AU Chair: Muslims Were Earliest Victims Of Boko Haram Insurgents In Nigeria
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Youssouf, has said there is no evidence of targeted killings of Christians in northern Nigeria, insisting that the security situation in the region cannot be characterised as genocide. Speaking with journalists at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Youssouf said current narratives describing events in northern Nigeria as “Christian genocide” oversimplify a complex security l…
"There is no genocide in northern Nigeria," said the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in response to Trump's threats.
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