US lawmakers set to grill Tinubu govt over Christian genocide in Middle Belt

The medication of President Bola Tinubu is astir to travel nether superior unit successful Washington, arsenic the United States House of Representatives gets acceptable to analyse Nigeria implicit claims that Christians are being killed successful their thousands.

The league has been scheduled for November 12, 2026. It volition beryllium held astatine the Rayburn House Office Building successful Washington DC, and Nigerians crossed the satellite volition beryllium capable to travel it unrecorded connected YouTube.

Rep. Chris Smith volition preside implicit the session. Smith chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee connected Africa.

His bureau made the announcement nationalist connected Monday. The league is titled "One Year Later: Assessing Nigeria's Efforts to Protect Christians and Secure the Middle Belt".

Based connected the announcement, the members of Congress volition reappraisal what Abuja has achieved successful the past 12 months successful protecting Christians, stabilising the Middle Belt, and bringing to publication those carrying retired faith-based attacks, including Boko Haram and Fulani terrorists.

Two antithetic groups of speakers are billed to code the hearing.

On the archetypal radical are Frank Garcia, who serves arsenic Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and Riley Barnes, who serves arsenic Assistant Secretary of Sta...