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Rights Group Urges Nigeria's Government to Rescue Captured Girls

A human rights group is urging Nigeria's government to do more to rescue the many teenage girls who are still missing after being abducted last week by Islamist extremists. A member of the group Baobab for Women's Human Rights, Hajiya Aishatu Ngulde, said Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan should mobilize military planes to search for the girls. Parents and school officials say as many as 230 girls are still missing, after being abducted from the Chibok secondary school in...

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