The toxin nobody’s talking about in Nigeria’s Christian massacres
Among the several ongoing conflicts in Nigeria, Western attention has turned especially to fatal clashes between Muslim-majority Fulani herdsmen and Christian-majority farmers. Easter weekend brought more attacks, including a Palm Sunday killing of at least 20 in Jos. And global leaders who want to turn down the temperature should consider an overlooked lever to calm the violence: the same policy that helped U.S. violent crime rates fall by more than half within a lifetime.
- ▪Among the several ongoing conflicts in Nigeria, Western attention has turned especially to fatal clashes between Muslim-majority Fulani herdsmen and Christian-majority farmers.
- ▪Easter weekend brought more attacks, including a Palm Sunday killing of at least 20 in Jos.
- ▪And global leaders who want to turn down the temperature should consider an overlooked lever to calm the violence: the same policy that helped U.S. violent crime rates fall by more than half within a lifetime.
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Among the several ongoing conflicts in Nigeria, Western attention has turned especially to fatal clashes between Muslim-majority Fulani herdsmen and Christian-majority farmers. The issue has captivated the White House: President Donald Trump threatened in November that if “the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians,” the United States would “go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’” then followed through with airstrikes on Islamic State enclaves on Christmas Day.Less than two months later, 162 people were massacred in Kwara state. Easter weekend brought more attacks, including a Palm Sunday killing of at least 20 in Jos.
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