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The Nigerian delegation is discussing security cooperation amid U.S. threats of sanctions and military action to improve protection of religious communities, officials said.
- On Friday, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will meet a high-level Nigerian delegation led by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in Washington, following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Thursday talks with Ribadu.
- A series of mid-November attacks left communities reeling, including a 17 November assault on Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School and a priest taken hostage within 24 hours.
- Forensic and security-camera evidence shows attackers used tear gas that delayed security entry, while bandits climbed fences, some masked, and collected purses as survivors noted some 100 bullet casings.
- On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee held a hearing on labeling Nigeria as a 'country of particular concern' after President Donald Trump said earlier this month he would designate Nigeria, rattling Nigeria's financial markets with sharp losses.
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(AFP) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met Nigeria's National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu and urged Africa's most populous country to take steps to curb violence against Christians, the Pentagon reported on Friday.]]>
US mulls sanctions on Nigeria over disputed Christian killings
The US is devising a plan that may include sanctions to compel Nigeria to protect Christian communities, a senior official said. During a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday, Jonathan Pratt, the State Department’s senior official for African affairs, said Nigeria has “not done enough” to combat deadly violence targeting Christians in the country’s central region. The issue led the Trump administration to redesi…
US considering sanctions, Pentagon engagement in plan to protect Christians in Nigeria
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