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Ten years after Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls, nearly a third remain missing
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe girls' plight – and such a blatant attack on female education – was condemned around the world -...
Mass kidnappings show Nigerian officials have lost control, expert says
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJohannesburg — "In the past 10 years we have seen more than 17 mass kidnappings. It's a bad record...
Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
theGrio via AOL· 3 months agoThe kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis plaguing Nigeria, Africa’s most populous...
10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoParents are becoming more reluctant to send their children to school in parts of northern Nigeria,...
A decade since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,400 Nigerian students have been kidnapped
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhat seemed like an aberration a decade ago when militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria's...
Bandits kidnap dozens of school children in Nigeria
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 4 months agoArmed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped over 100 school children in Kuriga, north-western Nigeria, oaccording to officials. The bandits are reported to...
Nigerian army rescues kidnapped students
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Nigerian army has rescued more than 130 staff and students who were kidnapped from their school in northern Kaduna State earlier this month,...
One Sister Fled Boko Haram. The Other Was Trapped. Their Lives Will Never Be the Same.
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoTen years after the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls became a global phenomenon, most are back home—and...
Gunmen release five sisters in Nigeria after parents pay ransom
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGunmen have freed five sisters abducted six months ago from their boarding school in northwest Nigeria after their parents paid ransom money to secure their release, police and relatives said ...
Afghanistan after a year under the Taliban
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least 43% of the population lives on less than one meal a day and 97% of Afghans are expected to be living below the poverty line by the end of this...