Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kidnap 8 More Girls in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of their strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday.   The abduction of the girls, aged 12 to 15, follows the kidnapping of more than 250 other schoolgirls by the Islamist militant group last month.   Lazarus Musa, a resident of the village of Warabe, told Reuters that armed men had opened fire during the raid.   "They were many, and all of them carried...

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