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Abuja residents react as victims of a bomb blast arrive at a local hospital this week.

Why Nigeria’s government can’t prevent the kidnapping of 100 teenage school girls

Conflict & Justice

Violence in northern Nigeria took an ominous turn this week when at least 100 teenage girls were kidnapped from a school in the remote northeast. It’s thought that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram took the young women to a forest near the border with Cameroon. Omoyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters blames what he calls an “incompetent” Nigerian government.

Abuja residents react as victims of a bomb blast arrive at a local hospital this week.

Why Nigeria’s government can’t prevent the kidnapping of 100 teenage school girls

Conflict & Justice