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Nigerian army chief unharmed after suspected Boko Haram attack

– Car bombing –

Military officials have said it will be more effective than the current alliance in the battle to end Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency, which has claimed at least 15,000 lives.

Ban is due to hold talks with Buhari on development, climate change, human rights and countering violent extremism during his two-day visit, according to his spokeswoman Eri Kaneko.

He will lay a wreath to commemorate the fourth anniversary of a car bombing at United Nations House, the headquarters for around 400 UN employees, that left 21 dead in the capital on August 26, 2011.

The visit will be Ban’s second since taking office in 2007. He last visited Nigeria in May 2011 to discuss the crises in southern Sudan and Libya with then leader Goodluck Jonathan.

The UN chief is also due to dine with captains of industry and the west African nation’s state governors during the two-day trip, a statement from the Nigerian foreign ministry said.

Ban will visit members of “Bring Back Our Girls”, the campaign said on its website, although the announcement has not immediately been confirmed by the government or UN.

The group will mark 500 days next week since the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from the northeastern village of Chibok by Boko Haram.

The secretary-general will stop over in France on his return trip to discuss preparations for a major climate change conference to be held in Paris in December.

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