Boko Haram claims kidnapping of more than 300 schoolboys in video
Parents fear time is running out after mass kidnapping of schoolchildren in northern Nigeria on December 11
17 December 2020 - 22:14
Katsina — Protesters marched in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday as pressure mounted on the government to secure the release of more than 300 kidnapped schoolboys who appeared in an unverified video with the captors.
Parents fear time is running out to bring the boys home. The Islamist group Boko Haram, which said in the unverified audio message that it was behind their abduction from a school on December 11, has a history of turning captives into jihadist fighters...
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