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Trump calls Nigeria 'country of particular concern'
Donald Trump has said he is designating Nigeria a "country of particular concern" as "thousands of Christians" are being killed there.
Posting on Truth Social, he said radical Islamists are committing "mass slaughter" and Christianity is "facing an existential threat" in the West African nation. The US president said he was asking officials to "immediately look into this matter, and report back to me".
Mr Trump quoted figures suggesting 3,100 Christians had been killed in Nigeria, but did not state any source for the numbers or timeframe. He stated: "We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!" Nigeria now joins North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and China on a list of countries "of particular concern" due to violations of religious freedom.
The move is one step before possible sanctions - which could mean a ban on all non-humanitarian aid. The Nigerian government has vehemently rejected the claims.
Analysts have said that, while Christians are among those targeted, the majority of victims of armed groups are Muslims in the country's Muslim-majority north, where the most attacks take place. Mr Trump's move follows efforts by Republican senator Ted Cruz to get fellow evangelical Christians to lobby Congress over claims of "Christian mass murder" in Nigeria.
Boko Haram - which kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls in 2014 - is the main group cited in previous warnings by US and international governments. The group has committed "egregious violations of religious freedom.
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