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10/15/2018 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Throughout the roundtable discus­sion, ICC continually stressed the role of radical Islam in the conflict and the increasing existential danger the crisis poses to Nigeria and the rest of the West African region.

The possible geopolitical repercussions of the conflict cannot be overstressed. If Fulani violence is not controlled, the situation has the real potential to esca­late into a massive civil war and pos­sible genocide. Most Nigerian Christians would already call it a genocide.

Change will not take place unless the international community demands an end to the increasing violence perpetrated by Fulani militants. The Buhari administra­tion must begin to feel the political pres­sure of the international community.

ICC continues to work on sev­eral fronts to increase that pressure. Recently, ICC worked with a congres­sional human rights commission to author a letter to President Buhari. ICC also drafted legislation that is currently making the rounds of Congress, asking the Trump administration to appoint a special envoy to the region.

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