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President Trump Warns Nigerian Government

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President Donald Trump is being called by world leaders, "The Peacemaker," and some have suggested he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his assistance in helping to end wars all around the world.  Now he calls for the peace within a country that seems to not have control over terrorists.   The GDP Nigeria 188 billion. We have sent aid to them that represents 4% of their budget most recent budget.  It is country  with 47% of the population identify as Christians.   Nigeria is a religiously mixed country: large Christian population in the south and middle belt, large Muslim population in the north, plus traditional belief systems. Since about the late 1990s and early 2000s, twelve Muslim-majority northern states adopted or sought to adopt Sharia law, which has been a flashpoint in Christian/Muslim relations.  The 2000 Kaduna riots (February–May 2000) erupted over the introduction of Sharia in Kaduna State; many Christians protested and cla...