Nigeria

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Secretary of State John F. Kerry flew to Nigeria over the weekend to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan and his challenger in the upcoming Nigerian presidential election to push for a peaceful vote and to seek enhanced cooperation in the fight against Islamist terrorism. (Associated Press)

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Boko Haram terrorists, who have left devastation in parts of Nigeria (pictured), are bringing their mayhem into Niger, says a Catholic missionary, who is in hiding but sent an email to a Catholic charity. (AP Photo/Muhammed Giginyu, File)

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Children stand near the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday Jan. 12, 2015. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)

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A coalition of women's groups stage a protest in Nigeria, demanding the release of the hundreds of schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria by the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram. More than 200 days later, the missing girls have faded from public attention. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, Nigerian police inspect the site of an explosion in Kano, Nigeria. Multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Nigeria's second-largest city on Friday, killing 35 people, police said. Hundreds gathered to listen to a sermon in the region terrorized by attacks from the militant group Boko Haram. (AP Photo/Muhammed Giginyu)

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High-profile American political consultants linked to Democrats and later hired by politicians in Nigeria include Lanny Davis of Levick. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Passengers are seen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as officials across the region battle to stop the spread of a disease that has killed more than 700 people. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan greets some schoolgirls who escaped abduction from the Chibok government secondary school in Abuja, Nigeria. Mr. Jonathan, who faces re-election in 2015, disclosed that he has authorized third parties to try to secure the rest of the girls' safe release from the extremist group Boko Haram. (Associated Press)

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Newspapers on a street with headlines about Ebola Virus killing a Liberian in Lagos, Nigeria. An Ebola outbreak that has left more than 660 people dead across West Africa has spread to the continent's most populous nation after a Liberian man with a high fever vomited aboard an airplane to Nigeria and then died there, officials said Friday. An American doctor treating patients in Liberia has contracted the disease and is now receiving treatment. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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Moni Oyedepo, left, Sarah Mafe, second from right, originally from Nigeria and the United Kindom, and Eniola Mafe, right, laugh as they suddenly surround Attorney General Eric Holder to take a photo with him after Sarah Mafe is sworn in as a U.S. Citizen at a Naturalization Ceremony at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Ikechuku Obichere Chigewe of Fairfax, Va., originally from Nigeria, center, stands among 70 citizenship candidates and say the Oath of Allegiance as they are sworn in as U.S. Citizens at a Naturalization Ceremony at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)