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| https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=415111 | The Southern Examiner article on Smith's House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee hearing on Nigeria'Lawmakers sound alarm on "deadliest place on earth to be a Christian" as Nigeria violence escalates' | 2025-11-21 | 2025 | 2025-11 | Republican | House | NJ | Christopher H. Smith | S000522 | chrissmith.house.gov | chrissmith | https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx | scraper | By Godswill Udoh Published Friday, November 21, 2025 The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Representative Chris Smith, opened a hearing on Thursday with a stark warning about what he described as rapidly escalating, religion-driven violence in Nigeria, calling President Donald J. Trump’s recent redesignation of the country as a “Country of Particular Concern” a necessary and overdue alarm bell. Mr. Smith, a New Jersey Republican who has spent decades spotlighting abuses in Africa, framed the session as part of a long-running effort in Congress to draw attention to what he called the “most brutal and murderous anti-Christian persecution in the world today.” It was his 12th hearing focused exclusively on Nigeria. “Nigeria is ground zero,” Mr. Smith said, arguing that extremist groups—including Boko Haram, ISIS-West Africa and radicalized Fulani militants—have waged a sustained campaign of killing, abduction and village destruction, often with religious motives. He added that moderate Muslims who refuse to align with extremist factions have also been targeted. Rep. Smith | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T19:52:45Z |