Boko Haram Kidnappings: Can Nigerian schoolgirls be protected?
23 February 2018 |
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A brazen attack by Islamist terror group Boko Haram has once more sounded the alarm. As many as 100 girls are believed to still be missing after the mass kidnapping in Yobe state.
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