US to Help Nigeria Rescue Schoolgirls - Africa - Al Jazeera English
US Secretary of State John Kerry has vowed that Washington will do “everything possible” to help Nigeria deal with the armed group Boko Haram, following the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls.
“Let me be clear. The kidnapping of hundreds of children by Boko Haram is an unconscionable crime,” Kerry said in a policy speech in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday.
“We will do everything possible to support the Nigerian government to return these young women to their homes and hold the perpetrators to justice. That is our responsibility and the world’s responsibility,” Kerry said.
The US, he said, was “working to strengthen Nigeria’s institutions and its military to combat Boko Haram’s campaign of terror and violence”.
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