Nigeria's president vows to defeat Boko Haram
Jonathan tells world leaders that the war against Boko Haram will soon be the thing of the past and his country will win "war on terror" despite deadly attack and kidnapping of schoolgirls.
Jonathan tells world leaders that the war against Boko Haram will soon be the thing of the past and his country will win "war on terror" despite deadly attack and kidnapping of schoolgirls.
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.
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