Foreign Affairs

United States senator Ted Cruz has vowed to advance legislation aimed at tackling the enforcement of Sharia and blasphemy laws in Nigeria, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s redesignation of the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged persecution of Christians. In a statement released on his official website, Mr Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, said the move …

President Donald Trump designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act. This designation is one of the strongest diplomatic measures the United States can take against a nation accused of tolerating or supporting severe violations of religious freedom. For Nigeria, it signals that Washington believes the government has failed to protect its Christian citizens …

U.S. Congressman Riley Moore has praised President Donald Trump for designating Nigeria as a “country of particular concern,” following growing allegations of persecution and mass killings of Christians in the country, Very Nigerian reports. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, claimed that Christianity was facing an “existential threat” in Nigeria, blaming radical Islamists for the …

Over 700 demonstrators have reportedly lost their lives in three days of election related protests in Tanzania. The protest erupted on Wednesday, following the country’s presidential election results, disqualification and detention of key opposition candidates. Reacting to the ongoing crisis, Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, stated that over 700 people have been killed in the three days of demonstration. Chadema …

Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Andrew, 65, the younger brother of Charles and second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has come under …

Nigerian filmmaker and activist, J. C. Okechukwu, has accused international broadcaster CNN of hypocrisy and bias against former President Goodluck Jonathan, alleging that the network deliberately undermined his administration while ignoring worsening insecurity, killings of Christians under Bola Tinubu’s government. In a post shared on his official X account on Thursday, Okechukwu said CNN was “on the ground in the …

Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter.. I am hereby making Nigeria a “COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN” — But that is the least of it. When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be …

Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country. Poland’s border guard said 99,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 have crossed the border since August. The new rules mean men between the ages of 18 and 22 are no longer barred …

A United States lawmaker, Nancy Mace, has described Nigeria as the most dangerous country in the world for Christians. Mace made the claim on Monday via a post on her official X account. The lawmaker alleged that five million people have been displaced, 9,100 churches destroyed, over 850 Christians held hostage, and 600 clergy attacked in Nigeria. She wrote, “Nigeria …

A new law in the United Kingdom prevents British citizenship from being automatically reinstated to individuals linked to terrorism, extremism, and serious organised crime. The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 27 October, ensures that citizenship is not restored after a successful appeal until all additional appeals have been exhausted. The legislation closes a gap …