Impunity fueling genocide claims in Nigeria – UN expert

Spreading violence and impunity for armed groups is undermining religious freedom in Nigeria, the UN’s top expert on the matter said Friday, adding it was understandable that some victims “describe this as persecution or genocide”.
The comments by the United Nations special rapporteur on religious freedom, Nazila Ghanea, came after US President Donald Trump angered Nigeria last year by condemning what he called a Christian “genocide” in the country.
Nigeria, which is divided between a mostly Muslim north and Christian-majority south, is struggling to deal with multiple security crises, including a long-running jihadist insurgency and so-called “bandit” gangs in the north, as well as f...