The United States Congress has called for a sweeping new strategy to confront the prolonged violence against Christians in Nigeria, recommending stronger security cooperation, sanctions against perpetrators, humanitarian support for displaced communities and measures to restore confiscated farmlands to displaced populations.
Despite the rising attacks in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, the United States has withdrawn most of its military personnel deployed to Nigeria after completing a joint counterterrorism operation in the Lake Chad Basin.
The US-Nigeria Joint Group recently held its inaugural meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, with the view to addressing violent extremist attacks and terrorism in Nigeria.
