{"id":48375,"date":"2025-11-22T19:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/11\/22\/us-advances-discussions-on-troops-sanctions-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:52:13","slug":"us-advances-discussions-on-troops-sanctions-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/11\/22\/us-advances-discussions-on-troops-sanctions-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"US advances discussions on troops, sanctions in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is drafting a proposal that includes weighing possible military engagement in Nigeria, a senior State Department official said this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion comes weeks after President Donald Trump threatened military action in Africa\u2019s most populous country over the alleged persecution of Christians by Islamic insurgent groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration may also choose to escalate its pressure campaign by less dramatic means, including through imposing sanctions, Jonathan Pratt, a senior bureau official for African Affairs at the State Department, testified to the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/FA\/FA16\/20251120\/118681\/HHRG-119-FA16-Wstate-PrattJ-20251120.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/FA\/FA16\/20251120\/118681\/HHRG-119-FA16-Wstate-PrattJ-20251120.pdf\">House Foreign Affairs Committee<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House casts its overall objective as safeguarding religious liberties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Trump administration is developing a plan to incentivize and compel the Nigerian government to better protect Christian communities and improve religious freedom,\u201d Pratt said Thursday. \u201cThis plan will consider U.S. State and Treasury engagement on sanctions, as well as possible Department of War engagement on counterterrorism and other efforts to protect religious communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine held high-level talks with a Nigerian delegation \u2014 led by its national security adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu \u2014 late Thursday evening at the Pentagon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth emphasized the need for Nigeria to \u201cdemonstrate commitment\u201d and \u201ctake both urgent and enduring\u201d action to quell the violence against Christians, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4340083\/readout-of-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseths-meeting-with-federal-republic-of-nige\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4340083\/readout-of-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseths-meeting-with-federal-republic-of-nige\/\">Department of Defense readout<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House asserts the president has \u201cmade his position clear\u201d on the complex situation in the West African country, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/nctc\/groups\/boko_haram.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/nctc\/groups\/boko_haram.html\">has long suffered violence at the hands of terrorist groups<\/a> and violent extremists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think Nigerians have an opportunity to deepen and strengthen their relationship with the United States if they will prioritize the protection of these communities,\u201d Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/moore-warns-violence-against-nigerian-christians-need-protect-religious-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/moore-warns-violence-against-nigerian-christians-need-protect-religious-freedom\">House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa hearing<\/a> this week. \u201cOf course, non-Christians are being killed too. [We\u2019re] not saying that\u2019s not happening, but there is a systematic, targeted campaign that\u2019s happening here.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115476385101120405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115476385101120405\">Truth Social post earlier this month<\/a>, said if Nigeria does not halt the alleged persecution of Christians, he may send troops \u201cguns-a-blazing\u201d to \u201ccompletely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action,\u201d the president wrote at the time. \u201cIf we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria has <a 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