Boko Haram attacks: Kerry to visit Nigeria ‘in a couple of days’

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday told an
audience in Davos that he would visit Nigeria "in a
couple of days" as part of a Washington push to counter
extremist groups, including Boko Haram.
In an emotional speech on the horrors inflicted by
extremist groups, Kerry said that in the fight against
"terror", there was "no room for anti-Semitism or
Islamophobia".
"Violent extremism has claimed violence at every corner
of the globe and muslim lives most of all," Kerry said.
"There is no room for sectarian division. There is no
room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia," he added.
"In the weeks to come we… have to strengthen our
efforts in Somalia, intensify our efforts to end violence in
Nigeria, that's why I m going there in a couple of days,"
he said.
After the speech, a spokesman for Kerry confirmed that
he would be in Lagos on Sunday and meet with
President Goodluck Jonathan.
In his speech, Kerry listed a multitude of attacks
perpetrated by Muslim extremists, including a December
17 attack on a school in Islamabad that killed 150
people, mostly children.
"This kind of atrocity can never be rationalised," he
said.
But he added: "We can't change minds without knowing
what's in them.
Courtesy:vanguard news
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