Nigeria has said it would welcome assistance from the United States in fighting armed groups, as long as its territorial integrity is respected, as US President Donald Trump continued to threaten military action in the West African country over what he claimed was the persecution of Christians there.

Officials and experts in Nigeria on Sunday denied Trump’s claims of mass killings of Christians, noting that Boko Haram and al-Qaeda-linked groups target people of all faiths in Africa’s most populous country.

But Trump – who has directed his government to prepare for possible “fast” military action in Africa’s most populous country – doubled down on the threat on Sunday, saying he was he was considering a range of military options in Nigeria.

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  • Dearth@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Christians getting murdered in Palestine and Sudan also. Mum’s the word for the Republican white house on those murders though.

    Venezuela and Mexico are majority Christian but that doesn’t stop the Republican white house from blowing up fishing boats and plotting a drone strike.