US Ambassador Mike Waltz Labels Nigeria’s Christian Killings as ‘Genocide’
United States officials and global advocates intensified their focus on Nigeria’s worsening religious-violence crisis on Tuesday, as fresh international attention once again centred on the persistent killings of Christian communities across the country.
Speaking at a high-level United Nations event on global religious persecution, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, delivered a forceful warning that the scale and pattern of attacks in Nigeria can no longer be ignored. In remarks obtained by PulseNets, Waltz described the situation as “a genocide hiding behind the guise of chaos.”
The UN engagement, which drew world leaders, diplomats, and rights advocates, devoted particular attention to Nigeria—long criticised by international human-rights organisations for recurring attacks on Christian populations in the northern and central regions. PulseNets learnt that the event was organised by the United States Mission to the United Nations, with political strategist Alex Bruesewitz coordinating the session to spotlight religious-freedom violations worldwide.
The gathering also featured American rap icon Nicki Minaj alongside Ambassador Waltz as headline speakers, a lineup that organisers said was intended to amplify global awareness of what they consider systematic, escalating assaults on Christian communities.
In his address, Waltz emphasised that the killings should not be dismissed as mere communal disputes. According to him, “these attacks follow a pattern—this is not random violence, but persecution disguised as conflict.”
Human-rights groups have repeatedly raised alarms over Nigeria’s deteriorating security climate, reporting that Christian communities face targeted attacks at a scale that amounts to religious persecution. International observers and analysts told PulseNets that global scrutiny has intensified in recent months due to mounting evidence suggesting an organised pattern of violence.
The Nigerian government, however, has consistently rejected claims of religious persecution, insisting the crisis is driven by terrorism, banditry, and long-standing farmer-herder tensions. Despite these explanations, Waltz and other international voices argue that the repeated targeting of Christian populations points to deeper motives that demand urgent accountability.
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Tuesday’s UN session marks one of the most prominent global interventions on the matter in recent years, signalling renewed diplomatic pressure on Nigerian authorities to confront the crisis with greater transparency and decisive action.
