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Anonymousabout 2 hours ago

A May 2026 report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom estimates 30,000 armed Fulani militants are operating across Nigeria, surpassing Boko Haram and ISWAP in annual death tolls and displacing at least 1.3 million people in the Middle Belt. The report has intensified a fractious debate over whether the violence represents organized religious persecution or a resource-driven conflict weaponized by political actors on multiple sides.