{Nigeria’s new president has said he is willing to negotiate with Boko Haram leaders for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped last year.}<\/p>\n
President Muhammadu Buhari told CNN it would depend on the credibility of those saying they represented the Islamist militant group.<\/p>\n
“Our main objective as a government is to secure these girls safe and safe,” he said during a visit to the US<\/p>\n
A previous prisoner-swap attempt for the girls’ release ended in failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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