Inflammatory US rhetoric risks turning Nigeria’s internal crisis into an excuse for military intervention.
Trump’s rhetoric risks recasting criminal violence and state failure as a religious war with devastating consequences for civilians.
By Tafi Mhaka
Al Jazeera columnist.
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