Frustration and despair over the fate of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria is forcing families to organize the rescue themselves. Mother of one of the girls, asking to remain unidentified out of fear of causing…
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Israel on Sunday joined the international effort to trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria but Washington said US troops would stay out of any rescue mission. Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan spoke to Israeli…
Originally published on Gas2. Segun Oyeyiola’s parents were always telling him, “you better find something better to do. Your siblings have completed their first degrees and rather than you do some stupid things.” Those “stupid things”, in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to help Nigeria search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, an offer that was accepted. A statement from the premier’s office said that Netanyahu, currently…
French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for African leaders to hold a summit in Paris on security in west Africa focusing on the Islamist sect Boko Haram who have abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. “I suggested, with Nigerian President…
The United States has no plans to send troops to Nigeria to help recover hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. “There’s no intention, at this point, to (put) American…
British, U.S. ‘experts’ arrive to help in Nigeria ‘“Damning testimonies gathered by Amnesty International reveal that Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings about Boko Haram’s armed raid on the state-run boarding school in…
Nigeria’s president for weeks refused international help to search for more than 300 girls abducted from a school by Islamic extremists, one in a series of missteps that have led to growing international outrage against the government. The British Foreign…
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Army has posted two divisions to hunt for 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by Islamist rebels in an attack condemned by global leaders, including US first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday. The soldiers are stationed in…
Local reaction to missing Nigeria girls
US First Lady Michelle Obama denounced as an “unconscionable act” the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamic militants as a mobilised international community helped with the search effort. For the first time standing in for President…
Michelle Obama expresses heartbreak over the mass kidnapping of Nigerian school girls, calling them “unconscionable.”
The mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was an “unconscionable act” of terror against the education of girls, US First Lady Michelle Obama said Saturday. Speaking in her husband’s place during President Barack Obama’s weekly Saturday morning address…
U.S. advisers arrives in Nigeria to aid in search for the kidnapped schoolgirls. CNN’s Barbara Starr reports.
First Lady Michelle Obama is to speak out against the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamic militants when she gives the weekly presidential address instead of her husband, the White House said Friday. White House deputy spokesman…
Nigeria’s military was warned of an attack on a school in which more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram Islamists but failed to act for nearly five hours, Amnesty International said Friday. The allegation, which the military has denied, came…
US and British experts have arrived in Nigeria to help in the hunt for more than 200 schoolgirls whose abduction last month by Islamists prompted universal outrage. The US embassy in Abuja told AFP Friday that a team of American experts had arrived…
Elizabeth Smart, a former child abductee turned activist, talks to the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins about more than 200 girls who are missing in Nigeria and reveals what she would tell them if she could speak with them now. Lee Hawkins reports.…
Social media sites have exploded with urgent appeals to #bringbackourgirls, ramping up global awareness of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists 24 days earlier. The hashtag appeared 412,000 times on Twitter on Thursday alone,…
Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month has captured global attention. How common is it for teenagers to be abducted in West Africa and forced into sexual servitude? Where can they end up? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer…