The U.S. president says he's ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. Without naming specific incidents, Trump warned of a "guns-a-blazing" response unless Nigeria acts. The government says religious violence affects all faiths.

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President Donald Trump has warned that the United States may cut aid to Nigeria and consider military intervention if violence against Christian communities does not cease. This follows a series of attacks, including a deadly assault in Nigeria's Middle Belt and a church bombing in the southwest, which have heightened concerns about religiously motivated violence.

The Nigerian government has strongly denied allegations of genocide against Christians, stating its commitment to protecting all citizens regardless of religion. While some Nigerians support the idea of US intervention, others fear it could worsen ethnic tensions. Analysts note that the ongoing conflict is driven by multiple factors, including land disputes, and that most victims of violence in the northeast have been Muslims.

President Trump threatens military action in Nigeria

In June this year, up to 200 people were killed when gunmen stormed a Christian farming community in Nigeria's Middle Belt, where the majority Muslim North meets the largely Christian South. That attack came almost exactly three years after a brutal bombing and shooting at a church in the southwest of the country left dozens of worshippers dead. A growing number of terror attacks have targeted Nigeria's Christian community over the past few years. Advocacy groups say the government has denied the severity of attacks on Christians, though groups monitoring violence say there's no evidence to suggest Christians are being killed more than Muslims. Now the United States has gone further, accusing the government in Abuja of allowing a genocide against Christians. On Saturday, President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to Nigeria and potentially stage a military intervention if the killings do not stop. Nigeria's foreign ministry has strongly refuted the allegations. In a statement, it said the government would continue to defend all citizens, irrespective of race, creed and religion. Some Nigerians have welcomed Trump's threat of intervention. Christians are not being scared to move about. Christians are scared to worship freely. The priests, the leaders, the seminarians and all that. So things need to be done. It's bad. We don't mind if the US army could take charge. At least peace will reign. If that will bring solution to Nigeria, then we are good to go. Others who DW spoke to said they thought US military action could potentially stoke more ethnic tensions. We've seen situations where the United States have helped countries, in quotes, to solve their issues and they left it worse than it was. Some Muslims are real Muslims and some are just covering up as a Muslim and they are terrorists. So what if you say you want to come over here and tackle terrorism? And the other day you started attacking all Muslims. Nigeria's Islamist insurgency has dragged on for over 15 years. Analysts say while Christians have been killed, most of the victims have been Muslims in the country's northeast. They also say many of the conflicts are driven by many factors other than religious hatred, such as land disputes between Christian farmers and Muslim herders. For more UN videos visit www.un.org

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