Trump said he was designating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern because of worries about the safety of Christians in the country.

Nigerian Catholics welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern over the weekend, even as Trump’s rhetoric became more bellicose on Saturday.

ABUJA — Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country.

For now, Tate has given Nigeria’s cultural moment a museum-scale frame — and committed to keeping part of that story on the walls for decades. If the promise of Zaria and the reinventions of Nsukka and Osogbo teach anything, it is that art, given time and room, can do more than mirror a nation. It can help remake it.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is putting the West African nation of Nigeria on the “Countries of Particular Concern” list, a major step that comes in the wake of dire warnings from international observer organizations and human rights advocates about the violent persecution of Christians in the country,

Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It is a growing concern for advocacy groups and those interested in freedom and democracy.