Nigeria: AfDB Terms Abductions an Affront to Women's Rights

Abuja — THE kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in northern Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents is more than an act of terrorism against the federal government but a direct attack on the rights of women to an education.

This is according to Donald Kaberuka, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

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