Christian genocide claims: Trump re-designates Nigeria as ‘country of particular concern’

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US President Donald Trump has redesignated Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern’ in response to allegations of a Christian genocide in the country.

Trump announced his decision in a Truth Social post on Friday.

“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed,” Trump said.

He blamed radical Islamists for the “mass slaughter”.

“I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’,” he declared.

Trump said when Christians are slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 worldwide), something must be done.

The US president did not mention where he cited the figures from.

“The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria and numerous other countries,” he added.

Trump said he would ask Congressmen Riley Moore and Tom Cole and the house appropriations committee to immediately look into this matter.

Moore, alongside Ted Cruz, a senator, had been at the forefront of the claims, asking Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, to make the designation.

A CPC designation is given by the US secretary of state under authority delegated by the president.

In September, Cruz introduced a bill calling for “targeted sanctions against Nigerian officials who enforce Sharia and blasphemy laws” and a designation of Nigeria as a CPC.