Nigeria Feels Heat After Mass Kidnapping Of Girls

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
6 May 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Conflict, Peace and Security, Women and Gender

A Islamic militant group's kidnapping of 276 girls from a school and Nigeria's dubious efforts to find and free them have ignited international outrage and fueled demonstrations around the world. The group Boko Haram, the name means "Western education is sinful," released a video Monday in which it claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping April 15. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, also threatened to sell the girls.

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