Trump's Military Threats Spark 'Fear and Hope' for Nigeria's Christians

U.S. President Donald Trump's military threats against Islamist militant groups operating in Nigeria have amplified global attention toward the plight faced by Christians in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation.

Yet even among a number of Christians seeking to raise awareness and intensify efforts to put an end to systematic abuses committed by Boko Haram and other jihadi movements, the prospect of foreign intervention raises serious concerns. Some, such as Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto province, hope the rhetoric will prompt the Nigerian government to take more action to address the problem.