After more than a year in office, President Donald Trump for the first time is hosting an African president at the White House. The meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday comes after an uncomfortable start to the Trump administration's approach to the world's second most populous continent. Buhari was one of the first two African leaders Trump called after he took power, along with South Africa's president. Mass abductions of schoolgirls brought Boko Haram international notoriety and one faction has declared allegiance to the Islamic State group. Boko Haram is now active in neighboring Cameroon, Niger and Chad and poses one of the most severe security threats to West Africa's vast Sahel region.

Source: ABC News April 29, 2018 09:46 UTC