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Spotlight on Africa: US strikes in Nigeria and fear among the African diaspora

In the episode, we examine recent US strikes in northern Nigeria and explore the experiences of the US African diaspora in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nigeria has endured years of violence from extremist groups such as Boko Haram, but there is growing debate over whether a US intervention is the appropriate response.…

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Nigerian army said it killed a Boko Haram commander and 10 militants

The Nigerian army says it has killed a top Boko Haram commander, Abu Khalid, and 10 insurgents in a night raid in northeastern Nigeria

The Independent UK

Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding

Nigeria “must do more to protect Christians,” a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan. 22, 2026, during a high-level security meeting in the African nation’s capital, Abuja.

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Attacks on Nigeria’s energy systems weaken the country – research unpacks costs, risks and ways forward

Energy systems are coming under attack globally because disrupting power or fuel supplies offers strategic, economic or political leverage. This can be in local conflicts or large-scale geopolitical confrontations.

The Conversation

55m people to endure hunger crisis this year in central and west Africa, UN warns

Climate-vulnerable, impoverished communities are unable to get the help that they need as pressure on aid budgets shows no sign of abating

The Independent UK

Nigeria to use intel from US flights to aid strikes on Islamic State, government says

Nigeria, which is battling multiple armed groups, said last month that the US strikes were part of an exchange of intelligence and strategic coordination between the two nations.

Euronews

US air strikes in northern Nigeria: possible windfalls, as well as dangers

A month before the US carried out its Christmas day attack on militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, president Donald Trump had declared Nigeria a “country of particular concern”. This was due to the alleged killing of Christians by terrorist groups in the country. Trump…

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Nigeria Terror: Trump Launches Airstrikes Against ISIS 'Scum' After Mosque Blast

US forces carried out precision airstrikes against ISIS in Nigeria's Sokoto State on Christmas Day, killing several militants in a move ordered by President Trump to protect Christians.

International Business Times UK

US launches 'numerous' strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Nigeria, Trump says

The "powerful and deadly" strikes were carried out against so-called Islamic State group militants "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians," the US president wrote on social media on Thursday night.

Euronews

Suspected suicide bomb at mosque in Nigeria kills five and injures more than 30

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At least five killed in attack during evening prayers at mosque in Nigeria

Police believe the explosion was likely a suicide attack after finding fragments of a suspected suicide vest at the site.

Euronews

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

A bomb has exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five people

The Independent UK

Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction: ‘They said they’d shoot us’

When gunmen stormed St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community, the children tried to escape but were told they would be shot if they ran away

The Independent UK

Nigeria has jailed Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu: why it risks backfiring

The terrorism conviction and life sentence handed down by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, brings an end to a ten-year legal battle. But it opens up a larger political and security question for Nigeria.

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Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren

Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts

The Guardian - UK

‘Ignoring minorities is our original sin’: the complex roots of Nigeria’s security crisis

Criminal exploitation, economic opportunism and religious persecution are all factors in a broader picture of insecurity

The Independent UK

A timeline of abductions from schools in Nigeria

Nigeria has been rocked by two mass abductions from schools in the past week, with over 300 children taken by armed gangs in the country's conflict-battered north

Radio France Internationale

US lawmakers split over Trump's claim of Christian persecution in Nigeria

The United States Congress is divided over President Donald Trump’s claim that Christians in Nigeria face religious persecution, with conservatives calling for sanctions while Democrats denounced the threats as reckless at a hearing on Thursday.

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How Nigeria is reintegrating repentant former Boko Haram fighters

Tens of thousands of voluntary or forced members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa have surrendered over the past 10 years. Nigeria is drawing on transitional justice – a set of mechanisms used to confront legacies of mass violence in the interest of accountability, reconciliation and…

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's report on the violence in northern Nigeria

Much of northern Nigeria has been battered by conflict in a longstanding security crisis, and U_S_ President Donald Trump has singled the country out for what he calls “the killing of Christians” by “radical Islamists.”

The Independent UK

In the violence plaguing Nigeria, many say everyone — Christian or Muslim — is a potential victim

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Gunmen abduct 25 girls from a high school in northwestern Nigeria

Police in Nigeria say gunmen have abducted 25 girls from a high school in the country's northwestern Kebbi state

The Independent UK

What to know about abductions of schoolchildren in Nigeria

Nigeria says more schoolchildren have been abducted in the country’s volatile north

The Independent UK

Voices: President Trump is right: Nigeria needs foreign military support to eliminate insecurity

COMMENT: It is a fundamental state responsibility to ensure the protection of its own citizens. Nigeria’s government has failed and must now seek support from allies, including the United States, writes Prince Adewole Adebayo

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Terrorist turf war battle in north-eastern Nigeria leaves about 200 dead

Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from Islamic State West Africa Province broke out on shores of Lake Chad

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