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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0U.S Secretary of State, John Kerry, met with a delegation of Nigerian officials Wednesday for a day-long round of talks to discuss, among other things, the African country\u2019s issues with terrorist groups.<\/div>\n
During a mid-day briefing between sessions, Kerry acknowledged the challenges Nigeria has experienced with Boko Haram, and he reiterated U.S. support for Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is an outrage that any group anywhere would brainwash young people, including little girls, to strap explosives to their bodies and walk into an open marketplace with the intent of murdering their own families, neighbors and themselves,\u201d Kerry said. \u201cThat is what Boko Haram does. And that is why these terrorists have to be stopped.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Kerry went on to say that Nigeria, under President Muhammadu Buhari, has taken the fight to the terrorist group and crippled its ability to launch full-scale attacks. He warned, though, that Boko Haram remains \u201ca serious threat to the entire region.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe threat that is posed by Boko Haram is serious. But it must not, and I really believe this, it will not be allowed to shape Nigeria\u2019s future,\u201d Kerry said.<\/div>\n
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Earlier in the day, Nigeria\u2019s defense minister said the military had reclaimed much of the land once occupied by Boko Haram and it would be able to push the terrorist group out of the Sambis Forest within two to three months.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWithin one year, the coming of our president has changed the game,\u201d said Defense Minister Dan Ali. \u201cLook at what was happening before whereby three states, the whole eastern region, was under the terrorists. Now we may have maybe two local governments.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who joined Kerry at the briefing, credited support from the U.S. \u2013 and the international community as a whole \u2013 for the success Nigeria has experienced in battling terrorism within its borders.<\/div>\n
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Onyeama said the Nigerian government is putting mechanisms in place to address the root causes of terrorism.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe really look forward to charting a path that will see us completely eradicating this scourge on our people,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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