US President Donald Trump on Friday, October 31, announced that Nigeria has been designated a “country of particular concern", citing what he called an “existential threat" to Christianity in the West African nation.

In a statement posted on his Truth Social account, Trump condemned what he described as widespread killings of Christians and accused “radical Islamists" of carrying out a “mass slaughter". He said that “thousands of Christians are being killed" in Nigeria and urged immediate action.

“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter," Trump wrote. “When Christians, or any such group, are slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria, something must be done."

The president

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