Nigeria: Killings, land and cattle

尼日利亚:杀戮、土地与牛群

The Documentary Podcast

2026-01-27

29 分钟
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On Christmas Day 2025, the US carried out missile strikes on suspected Islamist militants in Nigeria. They came after President Trump said he would intervene to protect Christians amid controversial claims of a “Christian genocide” in the country. The Nigerian government rejects such claims, saying both Muslim and Christian communities have been affected by insecurity in the country. Alex Last visits Plateau state in central Nigeria one area where ethnic and sectarian violence that has been the focus of US concern, to hear from both sides and meet those trying to bring peace. This episode of The Documentary comes to you from Assignment, investigations and journeys into the heart of global events.
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  • With me, Alex Last, here in Nigeria.

  • Can you see this house?

  • This house.

  • They kill people there.

  • As you can see, this house was born completely.

  • I'm walking along a rutted mud road towards the village of Zike,

  • deep in the rolling hills of the countryside of Plateau State,

  • lining the tracker houses with mud walls and metal roofs and there's some thatched huts too.

  • And beyond to my left and right lie the fields where maize and millitergroin,