When history and law collide: The U.S., Nigeria and the charge of Christian Genocide

The push in the U.S. Senate some weeks ago to redesignate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern under religious-freedom law and to impose targeted sanctions on officials responsible for violence against Christians and other faith minorities marks a breakthrough moment. But before Washington demands accountability from Abuja, it must confront a less comfortable reality: this conflict is not a new outbreak but the continuation of a much older story