Nigerian Schoolgirls Still Held Captive
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In one of the most shocking stories of the year so far, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls aged between 12 and 17 have been kidnapped from their dormitory in Chibok, Borno State by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Since then, 53 girls have managed to escape, while 11 more girls have been kidnapped from villages Warabe and Wala, in the same region.
Wikipedia. Parents of children kidnapped.
The world has reacted with disbelief to the actions of Boko Haram, with world leaders and celebrities speaking out to condemn the actions of this extremist group. The leader, Abubakar Shekau, has openly threatened to sell the school children, increasing worldwide concern about their fate.
Efforts are being made to find the missing schoolgirls and the US government announced on Wednesday it has now sent 80 of its armed forces personnel into Chad to help with the search, following a passionate plea from Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. The team are not combat troops but will support the rescue mission.
Michelle Obama, the US First Lady, has also spoken out, saying the attack was an "unconscionable act".
It is still uncertain where the children have been taken, officials believe that the militants may have split the group up and taken them to the neighbouring countries of Chad or Cameroon but no-one is sure.
In a further development, Nigeria has called on the United Nations to declare Boko Haram as a terrorist organization, as its attacks on the country are worsening and causing widespread concern.
This is a desperately sad story and with each day we can only hope and pray that we are a step closer to finding the missing girls. From all of us at WAYN, our thoughts and prayers go out to the missing children and their families during this traumatic time.
A huge social media campaign has been set up to highlight the plight of the Nigerian schoolgirls, so please use the Twitter hashtag #BringBackOurGirls and show your support.
Also, adding her voice is Malala Yousafzai, a 16 year old Pakistani girl who managed to survive after being shot in the head by the Taliban. She is a human rights activist and has spoken out about the kidnappings, giving her full support to the campaign, through her Malala Fund.
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Published on May 20, 2014 by Lidia
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1- Two teenage girls found tied to trees in a clearing in the Nigerian bush
2- Had been beaten, raped and left to die in sweltering heat by Boko Haram
3- Found a week after 276 girls were taken from a school in Ba’ale, Chibok
4- Found by Baba Goni, 15, who was held hostage by the group for two years before escaping
5- Here brave young man tells of Boko Haram’s reign of terror in his village
by, Barbara Jones | The Daily Mail | h/t Trop
Their faces scratched and bleeding, the pitiful remains of their once-smart school uniforms ripped and filthy, the two teenage girls were tethered to trees, wrists bound with rope and left in a clearing in the Nigerian bush to die by Islamist terror group Boko Haram.
Despite having been raped and dragged through the bush, they were alive – but only just – in the sweltering tropical heat and humidity.
This grim scene was discovered by 15-year-old Baba Goni. ‘They were seated on the ground at the base of the trees, their legs stretched out in front of them – they were hardly conscious,’ says Baba, who acted as a guide for one of the many vigilante teams searching for the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted from their school last month by Boko Haram – and now at the centre of a concerted international campaign for their freedom.
The horrific scene he and his comrades encountered, a week after the kidnap early on April 15, was in thorny scrubland near the village of Ba’ale, an hour’s drive from Chibok, where 276 girls aged 16 to 18 were taken from their boarding school dormitories – with 223 still missing. It was still two weeks before social media campaigns and protests would prick the Western world’s conscience over the abduction.
In the days following their disappearance, rag-tag groups such as Baba’s, scouring the forests in a convoy of Toyota pick-up trucks, were the girls’ only hope.
But hope had already run out for some of the hostages, according to Baba, when his group spoke to the terrified inhabitants of the village where Boko Haram had pitched camp with their captives for three days following the kidnap.
The chilling account he received from the villagers, though unconfirmed by official sources, represents the very worst fears of the families of those 223 girls still missing.
Four were dead, they told him, shot by their captors for being ‘stubborn and unco-operative’. They had been hastily buried before the brutish kidnappers moved on.
‘Everyone we spoke to was full of fear,’ said Baba. ‘They didn’t want to come out of their homes. They didn’t want to show us the graves. They just pointed up a track.’
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