US Lawmakers Disagree Over Trump’s Action Against Nigeria

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Members of the U.S. Congress clashed during a hearing on Donald Trump's designation of Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Concern," with some lawmakers asserting that the violence against Christian communities is deliberate persecution, while others cautioned that framing the crisis purely in religious terms oversimplifies Nigeria's complex insurgency and conflict dynamics.

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