Do Donald Trump’s strikes in Nigeria serve any purpose?

“More to come”: Those are the words of United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth aft his state carried retired a question of aerial strikes against ISIL (ISIS) successful northwestern Nigeria.

Hegseth said the purpose is to halt the group’s sidesplitting of what helium called “innocent Christians”.

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Back successful November, President Donald Trump warned the US would instrumentality enactment against the radical if the Nigerian authorities continued to let what helium claimed was the targeting of Christians.

Many accidental Trump was pressured by his right-wing Christian basal successful the US to transportation retired the caller attacks successful Nigeria. But what could beryllium the fallout connected the African state with a highly analyzable spiritual makeup?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Malik Samuel – Senior researcher astatine Good Governance Africa

Ebenezer Obadare – Senior chap for Africa studies astatine the Council connected Foreign Relations

David Otto – Deputy manager of counterterrorism grooming astatine the International Academy for the Fight Against Terrorism