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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has for years battled violent insurgencies and communal clashes that have left tens of thousands dead and displaced millions. Islamist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) operate mainly in the north, while conflicts between herders and farmers frequently erupt in the central regions. The violence has affected both Christians and Muslims, yet it is often portrayed abroad as a religious war.

That framing reached Washington this week, when US President Donald Trump threatened to send American troops “guns-a-blazing" into Nigeria to stop what he called the “killing of Christians." He also ordered the Pentagon to prepare for “possible action" and warned that the US would halt all aid t

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