Venezuela is not the only global hot spot where President Donald Trump is considering launching U.S. military strikes.
In early November, Trump said he ordered armed forces leaders to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups, accusing the government of failing to protect Christians. This followed vocal pleas from religious leaders, members of Congress, and others about attacks from the terrorist group Boko Haram.
It’s a matter that first drew global notice in 2014, when Boko Haram, operating largely in Nigeria’s northern frontier, along its borders with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, kidnapped 276 girls from a school in the village of Chibok. Former first lady Michelle Obama posted a grim-faced image of herself on social media, posing with a white sheet of paper
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