In news that sadly does not come as much of a surprise, AFP has obtained a video of a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau who states that the 200 plus schoolgirls who were kidnapped in April from Chibok have been "married off" to Boko Haram fighters.
Nearly 300 Nigerian girls have been missing since early May and while authorities say they’ve located them, there isn’t a homecoming on the horizon. Apparently, it's just too complicated to save their lives.
The Nigerian government has denied Boko Haram’s offer to exchange the nearly 300 abducted girls for the Islamist militant group’s “brethren” in jail.
On the heels of yet another group of Nigerian girls abducted by Islamist militants on Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama joined the social media campaign to rescue the missing. In a twitpic on Wednesday, the FLOTUS held a sign reading #bringbackourgirls, adding to the international digital pressure upon the Nigerian…
In Nigeria, 8-11 more girls have been kidnapped, possibly by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, depending on conflicting reports. And as the international community grows more active with social media pressure and Senatorial letters to President Obama, the shame surrounding the Nigerian government seems to grow.…
After reports surfaced that over 200 kidnapped Nigerian school girls may’ve been sold into sex slavery, parents of the missing protested in their Chibok town to spur the government into action and their cries rippled around the world.
The story of the 234 missing Nigerian school girls has taken a terrible turn — they have reportedly been married off to the terrorist militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.
The number of students missing from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria is still in question after education officials reported that 85 students were kidnapped during an attack on the school on April 14, but local parents have countered that the number is closer to 234.
