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00:00This is what guides us and this is what shows that it's impossible for there to be a religious persecution
00:10that can be supported in any way, shape or form by the government of Nigeria.
00:20Now Nigeria dismisses U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that the government is allowing the killings of Christians.
00:27Trump is threatening military action against the country as well as a cut of all American aid.
00:37Nigeria is home to more than 230 million people and is Africa's most populous country.
00:44It's roughly split between a majority Muslims and a largely Christian South,
00:49but it's facing various security crises across the country.
00:52So let's take a look at who is behind the attacks and why.
00:57Now Boko Haram Armed Group and its splinter group Daesh West Africa Province or ISWAP
01:02have been linked to deadly attacks in the northeast of Nigeria, which has a Muslim majority.
01:08They're opposed to secular authority and education and target civilians and security forces in Borno,
01:14Yobe and Adamawa states.
01:17While village raids and kidnappings for Ramsom in northwest Nigeria
01:21have been linked to criminal gangs and armed bandits.
01:24In the north central states or middle belt, clashes between mostly Muslim Fulani hadis and Christian farmers
01:31are often painted as ethnic or religious, but analysts say climate change and competition over land and water
01:40trigger vigilante raids and extrajudicial killings.
01:44Nigerian officials admit there's a security problem, but they deny reports that there's a deliberate systematic attack on Christians.
01:54For example, an International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law or Intersocieties Aguest report claims that
02:02over 100,000 Christians in Nigeria have been killed since 2009, in addition to 60,000 Muslims.
02:09But data from ACLED, an NGO that monitors violence in West Africa, shows that nearly 53,000 Muslims and Christians civilians
02:20have been reported killed in the same time frame.
02:23Samson Omale finds out what is the reality on the ground and brings us this report.
02:29This is a mass burial in Haipang, a Christian community in Plateau State.
02:39At least 13 people were killed in October in a coordinated attack.
02:44It's one of several such burials this year.
02:47A report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law claims that more than 7,000 Christians
02:56were killed in Nigeria in the first 220 days of 2025 by Buku Haram and Flani Hertzman.
03:05I agree that the violence against Christians in Plateau and in Nigeria as a whole is targeted and is deliberate.
03:12And my reasons are ones.
03:14If you go to communities that have been attacked, go to those communities.
03:18Some of those communities are being occupied by the attackers themselves.
03:21But government officials deny that there is a deliberate, systematic attack on Christians, calling it inaccurate and harmful.
03:30Senator Suleyman Kau from northwestern Nigeria agrees, saying Muslims are also frequent targets of deadly attacks.
03:40I have 50 places, 50 places where militia or non-state actors attack Muslims when they are exhibiting religious activities.
03:5750, it is here, sir.
03:58Community leaders are warning that Trump's remarks co-worsen religious tensions in a country where there is almost an equal number of Muslims and Christians.
04:10I think there is a sinister motive to kill this interface and this collaboration between the Muslims and the Christians in this country.
04:25Armed groups such as Buku Haram and Daesh West Africa have terrorized northern and central Nigeria for more than a decade.
04:33The military remains stretched thin, fighting banditry, kidnappings and farmer-herder attacks across the country.
04:40Professor Onji Gwado is a lecturer and was once kidnapped himself.
04:46He says the genocide debate exposes the government's failure to protect citizens.
04:52Just that we are not being responsive, we are not acting consistent with our constitution,
05:00that the security and welfare of the people is the primary responsibility of governance.
05:08As Nigeria faces global scrutiny on, let's say, the violence cuts across all faiths.
05:15Samsi Omale, Africa Matters, Just Nigeria.
05:18Let's hear more from Ovigwe Egu Egu Egu.
05:22He is a policy advisor at Development Reimagined and joins us from Toronto in Canada.
05:28Thank you for joining us here on Africa Matters.
05:31So is Christianity facing an existential threat in Nigeria as Trump claims?
05:37And what's the reality on the ground?
05:40Yeah, thank you very much for having me.
05:43I think it's important to provide a little bit of contextual understanding, given what Mr. Trump has said regarding Nigeria.
05:53So for about two decades now, we've had problems with terrorist groups.
05:58And very recently, in the last five years, another set of insurgents in the Middle Belt and also in north-central Nigeria.
06:09So there is a lot of violence in Nigeria.
06:13But this violence affects all communities, Christians, Muslims, and even those who are irreligious.
06:20That is because, in many ways, the violence we've seen in Nigeria, it's tied not only to ideology with Boko Haram, but also with resource control.
06:32So you must have heard of issues of Palmer-Header clashes in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, states like Benue States,
06:40but also very recently, insurgent groups and bandits in the north-west, north-central.
06:47And that's about, a lot of it has to do with resources in the mining sector.
06:52So when we hear of a genocide accusation from Trump, I think that is a huge mischaracterization of the situation on the ground.
07:02And just from what you're explaining, then one would wonder, how has the Nigerian government, you know, responded to the killings?
07:08And is there a risk, you know, from where you're sitting, is there a risk that these attacks could, you know,
07:13go ahead and deepen divisions within a community or communities, rather, or even religious groups?
07:22Yes, so what the Nigerian government is trying to do, given certain states that have come out,
07:28is that they are trying to make the case that there is no genocide in Nigeria.
07:35Even Nigerians themselves, even from the Christian communities, are not using that term,
07:40because it's a very loaded and powerful statement to make, you know, accusing the country of genocide,
07:47when that even that doesn't exist in the vocabulary of the citizens of the country we're talking about.
07:53So the Nigerian government has made effort to try to bring the U.S.'s attention to the unity on the ground,
08:01as opposed to, you know, blanket statements and narratives that do not reflect the reality.
08:08Okay.
08:09But let's talk about communities.
08:12There are communities in the country that have been affected by violence.
08:14Christians have faced some violence.
08:17Muslims are also facing violence.
08:19So it doesn't, the violence does not discriminate along feet.
08:24That's not to say, like I said, there's no violence,
08:26but it just isn't right to characterize it as a genocide.
08:30Okay.
08:30So it's good you're saying that the Nigerian government has done a lot to bring this to an end.
08:34But why does Nigeria continue to struggle with chronic insecurity and attacks by armed groups?
08:40So what the Nigerian government has done with terrorism, with insurgency and banditry
08:48has really focused on kinetic solutions.
08:51So using force, they've increased weapons, they've increased some training and training collaborations.
09:01But what is really missing is, I mean, even from the security perspective,
09:05is that we still have a very low officers-to-population ratio,
09:12but even in policing, because policing is the first line of security in communities.
09:17So Nigeria, for instance, has 170 police officers to 100,000 people.
09:24That is way below the UN average of 222 officers to 100,000 people.
09:29So what happens is that the government has to supplement policemen with the army.
09:35And the army is already stretched thin because it is fighting Boko Haram,
09:38it is also not being involved in community policing or community security workers as it were.
09:45And that's a lot of pressure on the army.
09:48But beyond that, I think the government is not doing enough in terms of looking at this problem
09:54from a social and economic perspective.
09:58So just trying to use force to stamp out ideology, it's not going to be enough
10:03because primarily, like I said, when this issue has to do with resources,
10:08it's about livelihood, right?
10:10So if there's enough investment into regularizing and formalizing these mining resources
10:15to create proper jobs, you know, build schools, healthcare centers, hospitals,
10:20and educate the population.
10:24Before 15 years, we're probably going to solve most of this problem
10:27because it's very tied to poverty and a lack of means in this area.
10:33Nigeria, for instance, has 20 million children out of school, according to UNESCO.
10:37That is very, very high.
10:4010 years ago, rather, it was about 15 million.
10:43So you can see this is a pacing threat when it comes to security,
10:47when you have these small people out of school.
10:48All right.
10:49So with all that said, then, you know, one can wonder how can the U.S.
10:55help Nigeria in its fight against armed groups?
10:59Yeah, of course, Nigeria has said that it is open to collaboration with the U.S.
11:03But I think it needs to emphasize that Nigeria's sovereignty must be respected
11:07because it's a sovereign country.
11:08It has been independent for many decades now.
11:11It has a standing army that is doing what it's expected to do,
11:15even though it needs to do more.
11:18And if the United States think there is a genocide in Nigeria,
11:22there are protocols to this.
11:24You can't just threaten to bomb another country because it's in the genocide.
11:27South Africa is not threatening to bomb Israel.
11:29It went through a process because it's a process in international diplomacy
11:33to deal with this issue.
11:34The U.S. will present this case before the ICC,
11:39perhaps even go through the UNG,
11:42let the whole of the world look at the situation and say,
11:44OK, yes, and then refer the case to the ICC.
11:48And then the ICC can begin proceeding.
11:49It's not about intervention.
11:51What Nigeria needs from the United States is strategic investments,
11:55not war plan.
11:56And now this is President Donald Trump saying that I will deploy the U.S. troops
12:01either through airstrikes or, you know, on the ground.
12:05So what does it really indicate between the partnership that the two countries have?
12:11I think the partnership is at a point where there needs to be super reflection
12:17because when you have a partner who you've relied on for many years
12:22for training, for intelligence and all of that,
12:25when that partner suddenly wakes up to accuse you of genocide
12:30and dreading to bomb you,
12:31I think you then have to really reflect on what exactly has that partnership been about
12:36and what is going to be the future of that partnership.
12:38You mentioned the $1.5 billion.
12:41Yes, of course, that's a significant.
12:43And I guess a lot of heavy weapons and even some small and light weapons
12:47from the United States.
12:49But at the same time, it's also expanding that partnership portfolio.
12:53For many weapons components now, it is looking towards other partners.
12:59But I think it still wants to work with the U.S.
13:03and President Trump, maybe he's looking to even expand.
13:06And this is part of his strategy to try to, you know,
13:10raise pressure on the Nigerian side to get them to agree to some of his proposals.
13:16We've seen him do this with South Africa.
13:19We've seen him do this with the DRC and countries around the world.
13:23So using escalatory statement as a pressure tactic
13:26when a negotiation is around the corner.
13:30All right.
13:30And as we wind up in a minute, you know,
13:32Trump claims there is a genocide in Nigeria and South Africa.
13:35Now, this is based on flawed reports.
13:37So what can African governments do to counter such false narratives
13:41that influence U.S. policy?
13:44I think first and foremost,
13:46they really have to take more action to solve their domestic problem
13:50because if the problems were not there in the first place,
13:54the security problems in this regard,
13:55that there wouldn't be an avenue or opportunity
14:00for this type of accusation.
14:02That said, the problem I'm talking about
14:04is not a problem of genocide.
14:06So that is a difference entirely.
14:09But when governments are more responsible
14:11and responsive to the needs of their citizens,
14:14there is little wiggle room for such accusation.
14:18Now, when we're looking at the United States' current government,
14:22it has come up with a lot of accusation on countries on the continent.
14:28And I think these leaders have done a lot to try to resolve this.
14:32So in the DRC, we've seen peace agreements,
14:34even though they see problems.
14:37But in South Africa, of course, they didn't have any evidence.
14:40I think with Nigeria as well, too,
14:41there really is no evidence of a genocide.
14:45What needs to be done is that these countries
14:47need to make their positions very clear,
14:50stand firm, stand firm on the sovereignty
14:52that they've been trusted to protect by their citizens
14:56and ensure that they're getting good deals for their country.
14:59Right. Thank you so much.
15:01Ovigwe, a good development, reimagined policy advisor.
15:06Thank you for your time here on Africa Matters.
15:09Still to come here on Africa Matters.
15:12Many disabled struggle with inclusivity in African society.
15:16I am Darren Alan Cheyune at a stadium in central Uganda
15:19where the visually impaired are nurturing dreams
15:22through blind football.
15:23The Mali's capital, Bamako, is under economic siege
15:32by the al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM.
15:36Now, truck drivers risk their lives daily
15:38to deliver vital fuel,
15:40defying the campaign aimed at choking the ruling junta.
15:43Grace Kuryakanja reports.
15:47These truck drivers along the Mali-Ivary Coast border
15:51do not want to show their faces for security reasons
15:54and they are too nervous to enjoy their meal.
15:57It may be their last.
15:58You never know if you'll come back alive.
16:01Only God knows.
16:02If God saves you, so much the better.
16:04They're transporting desperately needed fuel
16:06into landlocked Mali,
16:08something the al-Qaeda-affiliated armed group
16:10Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam Wal Muslimin,
16:14or JNIM,
16:16banned in September.
16:17Mali's military government
16:19had limited fuel supplies in remote areas
16:21to try and cripple militant groups.
16:24JNIM has since targeted hundreds of fuel tankers,
16:28often banning them and killing the driver.
16:30Bala was one of the lucky ones.
16:34Since the beginning of the blockade,
16:36I encountered them once,
16:37but they didn't harm me.
16:39My truck had broken down
16:40and I was on my way to park it.
16:42On the road,
16:43they had burned down two tankers.
16:44The drivers died.
16:46This was near Sikaso,
16:47but they didn't harm me.
16:49They asked me to divert
16:50and continue on my way.
16:53Mali has faced an armed insurgency
16:55for nearly 10 years,
16:57and JNIM has been carrying out
16:59deadly attacks in Burkina Faso,
17:01Niger, Ghana, Ivory Coast,
17:04Benin and Togo
17:05since they formed in 2017.
17:08In September 2024,
17:10JNIM killed dozens of police officers
17:13and banned the presidential jet
17:14in Mali's capital.
17:16A year later,
17:17they continue to attack military convoys,
17:20and Mali's military junta leader
17:21is calling on civilians
17:22to do their beat as well.
17:24Those who are used to going out
17:2810 times a day
17:29with their cars or motorcycles
17:30must now understand
17:32that we are in a difficult period.
17:34There is not enough fuel,
17:36and we must reduce our trips.
17:37Unnecessary trips must be avoided.
17:40Everyone must therefore find solutions
17:42within their own families.
17:44Blocking fuel trucks
17:45is an attempt by JNIM
17:47to strangle Mali's economy
17:48and turn the public
17:49against the authorities,
17:50but the truck drivers
17:52say they are devoted
17:53to their work.
17:54Grace Korea Kanja,
17:55Africa Matters.
17:57It is difficult
17:58to imagine life
17:59for a disabled person
18:01in a war-torn country
18:02like South Sudan,
18:03but Blunt Football
18:05is uniquely nurturing
18:06dreams of visually impaired players
18:08from this East African nation.
18:10Darren Alan Cheyune
18:11witnessed their 3-0 win
18:13against neighboring Uganda,
18:15bringing them closer
18:16to their Paralympics dream.
18:17Martin Lado was born
18:21without sight
18:22because of a medical condition.
18:24The 23-year-old
18:26is South Sudan's
18:27first blind footballer,
18:29and he led his country
18:31at their first continental tournament
18:33in Uganda's capital Kampala.
18:36I was still here.
18:39People were muckering me,
18:41giving me muckering,
18:42because they were put a stone
18:43in front of me
18:44telling me to kick the ball.
18:46and this is the ball.
18:47But I ended up kicking the stone.
18:50I was being
18:50through a lot of challenges
18:52when I was growing on.
18:53Then when I had that
18:54that was blind football,
18:55I joined it.
18:56Then I put all my heart,
18:57all my strength,
18:58all my energy on it.
19:00Adapted from futsal,
19:02blind football
19:02is at a developing stage
19:04in Africa.
19:06Played over two halves
19:07of 20 minutes each,
19:09four outfield players
19:10are visually impaired
19:11while the goalkeeper can see.
19:14People shout
19:15or direct them
19:17using their voices.
19:19And then also we have sound
19:20when they are playing,
19:23sounding the ball.
19:24And then another thing
19:25is when they are guiding,
19:26like kicking the ball,
19:28taking penalties,
19:29come and bang on the posts.
19:31They know this is the right,
19:33this is the left ball,
19:34this is the center,
19:36and that's how it is organized.
19:37So sound is very important
19:38because we use it
19:39as our eye, our eyes.
19:41Every team in blind football
19:43has a guide placed
19:44at the back of the opponent's goal.
19:46This person can see
19:47and offers instructions
19:49on movement
19:49and how to use the ball,
19:51but when players reach
19:52the final third of the pitch,
19:53the team in defense
19:54is on its own.
19:56South Sudan is the world's
19:58youngest country,
19:59but its population
20:00has lived in conflict
20:01with a persistent
20:02humanitarian crisis
20:03with help from
20:05Light for the World International.
20:06Blind football began in 2020
20:08and it's more than
20:10just kicking the ball.
20:12It also promotes independence.
20:14These players come
20:15from their houses alone
20:16without nobody coming with them.
20:18So also it promotes leadership.
20:21Every time when we are training,
20:22we give chance to everybody
20:23to be able to lead
20:24the training session.
20:25We also invite volunteers
20:27from different places
20:28to come and attend
20:29with us training
20:30of which they are able
20:31to be exposed
20:32to a lot of people.
20:34They make new friends.
20:35Martin now hopes
20:36to complete his
20:37university degree soon
20:38and lead his team out
20:41for the gold quest
20:42at the 2028 Paralympics
20:45in the USA.
20:47Darren Alanchayune,
20:48Africa Matters, Kampala.
20:51Some communities in Kenya,
20:52especially those living near
20:54areas with vast rare
20:55earth mineral reserves.
20:57Now they worry
20:58that officials will try
20:59to maximize profit
21:00at their cost.
21:01This comes as countries
21:03try to secure
21:04as much as they can
21:05for their technological development.
21:08Yunus Demiroglu
21:09has this story from Kenya.
21:13Most people would be excited
21:14at the prospect
21:15of buried treasure,
21:16but the vast amount
21:17of rare earth minerals
21:18right under the feet
21:19of these Kenyans
21:20in Mrimah Hill
21:21have left them feeling uneasy.
21:23Kenya's mining industry
21:24has been largely
21:25at a standstill
21:26as the government
21:26tries to tackle corruption
21:28and poor regulation,
21:29leading to a 2019 government
21:31ban on new mining licenses.
21:33But the demand
21:34for rare earth minerals
21:35coupled with Kenya's
21:36vast reserves
21:37has shifted government policies
21:39to attract investors.
21:41The government at this time
21:43sat down and thought
21:44about the fact
21:45that there are a lot
21:46of government resources here
21:47which the citizens here
21:48cannot benefit from
21:50until the government
21:50is involved.
21:52We as Mrimah residents
21:53have not refused,
21:54neither have we accepted.
21:55However,
21:56the question is
21:57what are the good things
21:58that will benefit
21:59the residents of Mrimah
22:00since the government
22:01has decided
22:02it wants to explore
22:03its resources?
22:04What are the procedures
22:05being followed?
22:06Residents say
22:07they've been turning away
22:07foreigners looking
22:08to survey the land,
22:09including Chinese nationals.
22:11That's because
22:12there's been a lack
22:12of transparency
22:13with prospective investors
22:14in the past.
22:16Government data shows
22:16that half of the Digo
22:17ethnic group
22:18who have been living
22:19in these lands
22:19for over half a millennia
22:21and compose most
22:22of its population
22:23are living in extreme poverty.
22:25Dometilla says
22:26they want that to change.
22:27I hear there are
22:29valuable minerals here
22:31which could sustain
22:31the entire country
22:32of Kenya
22:33worth trillions
22:34of shillings.
22:35Why should we suffer?
22:36If there are valuable minerals
22:37we are not opposed
22:38to the mountain being mined.
22:40Let them come
22:40in a good way,
22:41let us talk,
22:42let them give us money
22:43so that we too
22:43can live a different life
22:44and change our lives.
22:47If the mining
22:48is to happen
22:48and when it begins
22:49let them not
22:50seek labor from elsewhere,
22:52they should consider
22:52the residents here.
22:54In 2013,
22:55Quartec Mining
22:55in Kenya estimated
22:56the rare earth deposits
22:57in Emreemahil
22:58could be worth
22:59up to $62.4 billion.
23:02But prices have skyrocketed
23:04as Europe and the U.S.
23:05have increased demand
23:06and as China,
23:07the world's largest source
23:08of rare earth minerals,
23:10has limited exports.
23:11The U.S. has been aiming
23:12to increase its imports
23:13from Africa
23:14including by brokering
23:16a peace deal
23:17in the mineral-rich DRC.
23:18And a visit
23:19by the U.S. ambassador
23:20to Kenya
23:21to Emreemahil
23:21back in June
23:22shows that Kenya
23:23is on their radar
23:24as well.
23:25What's clear
23:26is the public,
23:26the government
23:27and investors
23:28all want these minerals
23:29out of the ground.
23:31The question is
23:31how the government
23:32will balance the benefits
23:33among all three.
23:35You know,
23:35Stemiroldo,
23:36Africa Matters.
23:37That's our show this week.
23:39Share your thoughts
23:40and suggestions
23:41about the U.S. threat
23:42of military action
23:43in Nigeria
23:44and what can be done
23:45about it.
23:46Leave your comments
23:47on our Africa Matters
23:48YouTube page
23:49or on X.
23:50Thanks for watching
23:51and it's goodbye
23:51from me,
23:52Brenda Zeda.
23:53Ready though.
23:54Thank you.
24:21I'll see you next time.
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