Nigeria: 10 Years After Chibok, Schoolchildren Still at Risk

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The freed students of the LEA Primary and Secondary School in Kuriga at the state government house in Kaduna, Nigeria, March 25, 2024. © 2024 Habila Darofai/AP Photo (Abuja) –Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have failed to put in place and sustain crucial measures to provide a secure learning environment for every child, Human Rights Watch said today. Since 2014, according to Save the Children, more than 1,600 children have been abducted or kidnapped across northern Nigeria. In the northeast, the armed conflict between…

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