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| https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=415089 | Thurs., Nov. 20: Rep. Chris Smith to chair Foreign Affairs hearing“President Trump’s Redesignation of Nigeria as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’: A Serious, Well-Founded Wake-Up Call” | 2025-11-14 | 2025 | 2025-11 | Republican | House | NJ | Christopher H. Smith | S000522 | chrissmith.house.gov | chrissmith | https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx | scraper | On Thursday, November 20th, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee, will chair his twelfth congressional hearing on the religious persecution of Christians by radical Islamist groups in Nigeria. This hearing follows President Trump’s historic redesignation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” on October 31st. WHAT: Congressional hearing on the ongoing religious persecution of Christians by radical Islamists, such as Boko Haram and Fulani terrorists, in Nigeria; the wide-reaching implications of President Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a “CPC”; and the course of action the U.S. Department of State should follow in response to the Nigerian government’s complicity in these crimes. WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM WITNESSES: (Partial list) PANEL 1: oThe Honorable Jonathan Pratt, Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State oMr. Jacob McGee, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State PANEL 2: oMs. Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom oBishop Wilfred Anagbe, Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Nigeria, Roman Catholic Church oMs. Oge Onubogu, Director and Senior Fellow, Africa Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies WHERE: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building WHO: Chairman Chris Smith, other members of the HFAC Africa Subcommittee, and witnesses ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T19:52:45Z |