Updated March 26, 2026 Military Overreach
Serious Rights Violation
First-Ever US Airstrikes in Nigeria: Christmas Day Tomahawk Strikes on Sokoto
The US unilaterally struck a sovereign African nation for the first time, firing Tomahawk cruise missiles at Sokoto State. Locals disputed the ISIS narrative, unexploded ordnance fell in villages, and the legal basis for striking a non-hostile nation's territory without AUMF authority remains deeply contested.