Report: Boko Harm Abducts Thousands

It’s been a year since Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. The incident brought international condemnation of the group. However, Amnesty International said that’s only a fraction of the women and girls abducted since the start of 2014. Amnesty says since January of last year, Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women and girls, forcing them to be slaves or soldiers. It says the militants killed about 5,500 civilians during that...

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