The United States will restrict access to American visas for Nigerians taking part in ongoing atrocities against Christians, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday evening.
“The United States is taking decisive action in response to the mass killings and violence against Christians by radical Islamic terrorists, Fulani ethnic militias, and other violent actors in Nigeria and beyond,” Rubio said.
Boko Haram—which seeks to enforce its radical interpretation of Islamic law in Nigeria and which has targeted Muslims it considers not Muslim enough—as well as terrorist group ISIS West Africa and Fulani ethnic militias have been responsible for a variety of atrocities against Christians in religiously-divided Nigeria, particularly in the northern regions of the state….