人權組織敦促克林頓向尼日利亞領導人施壓

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making a brief visit to Nigeria Thursday for meetings with President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders.

She is traveling to the capital, Abuja, amid calls to urge Mr. Jonathan to address rising sectarian violence in Nigeria. Northern Nigeria is mostly Muslim. The south is mainly Christian.

U.S.-based Human Rights Watch says Clinton should encourage Mr. Jonathan to confront violence committed by the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, as well as abuses and corruption by his own security forces. The U.S. government has declared three Boko Haram leaders as terrorists.

From Nigeria, Clinton is scheduled to travel to Ghana later Thursday for talks with President John Mahama.美國國務卿克林頓星期四短暫訪問尼日利亞首都阿布賈，會見總統喬納森和其他官員。

總部設在美國的人權組織“人權觀察”說，克林頓應該鼓勵喬納森總統打擊伊斯蘭激進組織“博科聖地”所從事的暴力活動，並制止他屬下安全部隊踐踏人權和腐敗的行爲。美國政府已經宣稱三個博科聖地組織的領導人爲恐怖分子。

克林頓在結束尼日利亞的短暫訪問之後，還預定在星期四稍後前往加納同該國總統馬哈馬舉行會談