Nigerias president vows to defeat Boko Haram

Nigeria's president has said that his country will win its "war on
terror", despite another attack by Boko Haram fighters in the northeast
that reportedly killed hundreds.


Speaking at the World Ecomomic Forum in Abuja on Thursday, Goodluck
Jonathan thanked foreign nations for their support against Boko Haram,
which is also accused of abducting more than 200 girls and women from a
school.


"As a nation we are facing attacks from terrorists," Jonathan said.


"I believe that the kidnap of these girls will be the beginning of the end of terror in Nigeria."

Jonathan admitted on national television earlier this week that he had no idea where the girls were.

The abductions and numerous other attacks by Boko Haram have
overshadowed Nigeria's hosting of the forum, an annual gathering of the
rich and powerful that replicates the one in Davos, Switzerland.


Killings reported


Reports on Wednesday said that Boko Haram rebels had killed as many as 300 people in the town of Gamboru Ngala, Chibok.


It is the same area where more than 200 girls and women were abducted from a school last month.





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