Pentagon chief calls on Nigeria to stop violence against Christians

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu, urging Africa's most populous nation to take steps to curb violence against Christians, the Pentagon said Friday.

Hegseth called on Nigeria to "take both urgent and enduring action to stop violence against Christians," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement, adding that Washington wants to work with Abuja "to deter and degrade terrorists that threaten the United States."

The Thursday meeting between Hegseth and Ribadu at the Pentagon came after US President Donald Trump said Christianity was "facing an existential threat" in the west African nation, warning that if Nigeria does not stem the killings, the United States

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