Nigeria: Abductions a Disgrace

19 December 2014
opinion

The militant Islamist Boko Haram has struck once, kidnapping and killing civilians. A disgrace - and not just for Nigeria - thinks Daniel Pelz.

Suspected Boko Haram militants abducted 185 women and children in an attack on a village in north-eastern Nigeria. It took place not far from Chibok, where the group seized more than 240 girls at a school in April. Eight months later, only a handful of the girls have managed to escape. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has declined to comment, remaining as tight-lipped as ever. Jonathan has not visited Chibok, nor has he responded to the most recent attacks.

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