Trump Threatens Action Against Nigeria

U.S.–Nigeria relations have entered a sensitive and potentially destabilising phase. Trump Threatens Action Against Nigeria delivers a concise intelligence assessment of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to halt American aid and consider coercive measures against Nigeria, following allegations of Christian persecution by Islamist groups.

This Africa Watch report unpacks the political and security context behind the rhetoric—placing it against Nigeria’s long-running insurgency, banditry, and communal violence, where religious identity often overlaps with ethnic and economic fault lines. The analysis explains Abuja’s firm rejection of the claims, Nigeria’s constitutional commitment to religious freedom, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s effort to prevent diplomatic fallout while sustaining counter-terrorism cooperation with Washington.

Beyond bilateral ties, the report evaluates wider implications for West African stability, U.S. regional strategy after withdrawals elsewhere in the Sahel, and the risks of external intervention narratives hardening internal divisions within Africa’s most populous nation. It also highlights how religious freedom discourse is increasingly being weaponised in global politics, with real consequences for aid, sanctions, and security partnerships.

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