Topic: Over 8 more girls kidnapped by Boko Haram on Sunday  (Read 4952 times)

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Over 8 more girls kidnapped by Boko Haram on Sunday
« on: May 07, 2014, 09:25:33 AM »
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants have abducted eight more girls in north-eastern Nigeria.

The latest kidnapping happened on Sunday night in the village of Warabe, in Borno state. The girls taken were aged between 12 and 15.

On Monday, Boko Haram's leader threatened to "sell" more than 230 girls seized from their school, also in Borno, on 14 April.

Meanwhile, the US says Nigeria has accepted an offer of American help.

"We've already sent in a team to Nigeria," President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.

Mr Obama said the US aid was a combination of military, law enforcement and other agencies "who are going in, trying to identify where these girls might be".

He described Boko Haram as "one of the worst regional... terrorist organisations".
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27298614

 

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