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Nigeria: Pope Warns Against Escalating Violence, Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Nicki Minaj and U.S. envoy Michael Waltz will highlight jihadist violence targeting Christians in Nigeria, amid U.S. designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.
- This Tuesday, Onika Maraj-Petty, popularly known as Nicki Minaj, will speak at a United Nations event in New York alongside Michael Waltz, US envoy to the United Nations, and Alex Bruesewit, convener.
- As part of a US push, the UN event aims to spotlight alleged persecution, with United States President Donald Trump recently alleging a Christian genocide in Nigeria and designating it a `Country of Particular Concern`.
- After the announcement, Minaj expressed gratitude and vowed she would never stand down, while Waltz praised her as a principled artist spotlighting atrocities against Nigerian Christians.
- The Nigerian government denied that the violence is religiously motivated, saying insecurity in Nigeria is not religiously motivated, but the United States continues to focus on the issue.
- Eric Cortellessa, Time senior political correspondent, disclosed Minaj's appearance via X late Sunday, noting she had swiftly commended President Trump's condemnation of killings in Nigeria.
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Pope warns against escalating violence, persecution of Christians in Nigeria
…Nicki Minaj to address UN on alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria By Nkiruka Nnorom (with agency reports) Pope Leo has voiced renewed alarm over the escalating violence, discrimination, and persecution faced by Christian populations in several nations, includig Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, among others. The alarm […]
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