Nigeria: Violence ongoing after strikes

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  20 Feb 2026
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Nigeria: Violence ongoing after strikes

A recent Nigerian newspaper headline. Photo: X.com

Recent US airstrikes have “clearly had an impact” on the situation facing Christians in Nigeria, but religiously motivated violence continues, according to an Open Doors source.

Militant Islamist groups previously feared no punishment for their continual persecution of Christians across the nation’s northwest, but US intervention seems to have alerted them to stronger repercussions for their actions.

US President Donald Trump’s administration strengthened its rhetoric concerning the African nation towards the end of last year because of the long-running persecution of believers, culminating in airstrikes in the country’s north on Christmas Day, where much of the most brutal persecution takes place. Trump warned that their “one-time” strike could become a “many-time” strike if hostility continued to persist.

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