The US president says air strikes are towards ISIL, claiming the group targets Christians.
“Extra to return”: These are the phrases of United States Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth after his nation carried out a wave of air strikes towards ISIL (ISIS) in northwestern Nigeria.
Hegseth stated the intention is to cease the group’s killing of what he referred to as “harmless Christians”.
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Again in November, President Donald Trump warned the US would take motion towards the group if the Nigerian authorities continued to permit what he claimed was the concentrating on of Christians.
Many say Trump was pressured by his right-wing Christian base within the US to hold out the current assaults in Nigeria. However what might be the fallout on the African nation with a extremely advanced non secular make-up?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
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Malik Samuel – Senior researcher at Good Governance Africa
Ebenezer Obadare – Senior fellow for Africa research on the Council on Overseas Relations
David Otto – Deputy director of counterterrorism coaching on the Worldwide Academy for the Combat In opposition to Terrorism
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