Nigerian President Suffering in the Glare of Critics Amid Africa Summit

Nigerian President Suffering in the Glare of Critics Amid Africa Summit
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) speaks during a meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama (R) at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, on Nov. 18, 2021. Andrew Harnik/AFP via Getty Images
Douglas Burton
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari came to Washington on Dec. 15 expecting to be applauded for his eight years steering Africa’s largest and most volatile nation, but the skunk at the garden party was waiting for him.

Religious freedom advocates loudly protested that the African Leader Summit—hosting heads of state from more than 40 countries—had no bandwidth for human rights concerns, and Nigeria is the epicenter of Christian genocide.
Douglas Burton
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Douglas Burton is a former U.S. State Department official who was stationed in Kirkuk, Iraq. He writes news and commentary from Washington, D.C.
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