Monday, April 13, 2015

800,000 children forced to flee their homes amid conflict in Nigeria

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Nearly one year has passed since Boko Haram militants stormed a boarding school in northern Nigeria and abducted 276 schoolgirls.


The mass kidnapping on April 14, 2014, from the rural town of Chibok ignited outrage, sparking calls from the international community — including Michelle Obama — to "Bring Back Our Girls."



Some, thankfully, made it home, escaping their captors and walking days through the desert to freedom.


But the 200 schoolgirls who remain missing represent just a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of children who are threatened by the extremists, according to a staggering UNICEF report that documents the scale of violence. Read more...


More about Us World, Nigeria, Boko Haram, and Bring Back Our Girls



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