Donald Trump steps up military threats against Nigeria over attacks on Christians
Nigerians say claims of religious persecution are false but blame government for inaction over violence
Nigerians say claims of religious persecution are false but blame government for inaction over violence

US conservatives have alleged Islamist insurgents in the country are carrying out a genocide

President posts on social media that the defence department ‘executed numerous perfect strikes’

Its government is failing to protect everyone, not only Christians

The US can browbeat Africa’s most populous country because it no longer needs or wants anything from its erstwhile ally

Attack comes just weeks after Donald Trump threatened to deploy US military if Christians were targeted

US missile attacks on Christmas Day hit a part of Nigeria’s north-west that is almost entirely Muslim