President Trump says he’s contemplating air strikes or deploying American troops to guard Christians in Nigeria. Abuja rejects US claims in regards to the mass slaughter of Christians.
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Donald Trump has urged the US might deploy troops to Nigeria or perform air strikes to cease what he known as the killing of Christians by Islamist insurgents. Unfounded claims of a Christian genocide in Nigeria have been circulating in American right-wing spiritual circles for months. A Nigerian presidential adviser mentioned jihadists within the Muslim-majority north of the nation have been attacking all spiritual communities, however that Abuja would welcome US assist in tackling the Islamist insurgents.
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