Nigeria's foreign ministry praised military cooperation with the USA after Donald Trump ordered Christmas Day airstrikes against ISIS militants in Sokoto State.While Trump framed the operation as a response to the "genocide" of Christians, Bola Tinubu and regional analysts emphasized that extremist groups target communities of all faiths.The strikes, involving twelve Tomahawk missiles from the Gulf of Guinea, followed the USA designating
Nigeria as a "country of particular concern" regarding religious freedom.
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