Overview
- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz and Nicki Minaj are set to deliver remarks early this week in New York, with Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz organizing the program and slated to speak.
- Waltz praised Minaj for leveraging her platform to spotlight alleged atrocities against Christians, and Minaj said she is honored to take part.
- The event follows President Trump’s announcement designating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern and his social media threat to deploy U.S. forces.
- Nigeria’s foreign minister stated there is no genocide in the country, and President Bola Tinubu called assertions of anti-Christian persecution a lie.
- Casualty and abduction figures cited by advocates are disputed, and independent observers say Nigeria’s violence stems from overlapping insurgency, banditry, and land and ethnic conflicts.