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House Foreign Affairs hearing spotlights violence in Nigeria after U.S. redesignates country as CPC
Summary
Lawmakers, a Nigerian bishop and State Department officials testified Nov. 20 about escalating attacks on communities in Nigeria's Middle Belt and the Trump administration's decision to redesignate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act.
Chairman Smith opened a Nov. 20 House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing by framing the situation in Nigeria as an urgent religious-freedom crisis, saying "Nigeria is ground 0, the focal point of the most brutal and murderous anti-Christian persecution in the world today." He cited multiple hearings and visits and urged targeted action, including sanctions and conditioned assistance.
Bishop Wilfred Chibwa Anagbe of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi testified by Zoom with firsthand accounts of attacks in Benue and Plateau states, describing mass killings, abductions and the destruction of churches and homes. "The CPC designation has brought immense joy, hope and spiritual resilience to communities under…
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