US Defence Secretary claims attacks on Boko Haram are to protect Nigerian Christians
The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegeseth, has claimed that America’s military operation in Nigeria is based on President Donald Trump’s order to protect Nigerian Christianstargetedby ISIS terrorists—a continued attempt to mischaracterise the security crisis in the country as Christian genocide. Mr Heg...
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