Nigeria's security crisis extends far beyond religious targeting and affects all communities equally. The insurgency has killed over 40,000 people, most of them Muslims attacked in mosques, while displacing 3.5 million across multiple regions facing banditry, farmer-herder clashes and separatist violence. Oversimplified narratives about Christian persecution ignore the complex reality and risk deepening social fractures instead of addressing root causes like economic deprivation and climate shocks.
Nigerian forces are successfully dismantling terrorist networks through coordinated operations that have eliminated key Boko Haram and ISWAP commanders. Recent strikes killed the group's second-in-command Abu Khalid and recovered significant weapons and supplies, demonstrating sustained military pressure on terrorist leadership structures. US intelligence support and airstrikes have terrorists on the run and fleeing across borders, finally holding perpetrators accountable after years of attacks with total impunity.
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