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On land and sea: On Christmas Day, US President Donald Trump, in coordination with the Nigerian government, ordered Tomahawk missile strikes from a US warship in the Gulf of Guinea against what he termed “ISIS Terrorist Scum” in Islamic State-Sahel camps in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

The white man’s burden trumps Nigeria

US President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide”

  • Adekeye Adebajo
6 min read
The school in Kuririga, pictured on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen. Haidar Umar/AFP/Getty Images
JIHADIST CONFLICT

‘Bandits’ blamed for kidnapping of Nigerian schoolchildren

While Nigerian soldiers search the forests in the northwestern state for the 280 learners kidnapped by gunmen riding motorbikes, desperate families are still waiting for news

  • Agence France Presse
4 min read