UN chief welcomes reintegration of extremists in Nigeria

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lauded Nigerian authorities’ ongoing reintegration of defectors from the jihadi Boko Haram group, which has waged a decade-long insurgency, as “the best thing they can do for peace.”

As part of his visit to the country, he also met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.In the final leg of his three-nation tour of West Africa, the UN chief is for the first time visiting Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, where he called for donors worldwide to support humanitarian assistance in the northeast.