Amy Goodman
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Bring Back Our Girls: Nigerians Caught Between Deadly Boko Horam Attacks & Military Reprisals
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7:58Now PlayingAs eight more girls are kidnapped in Nigeria, protests continue over the government's failure to take action following the abduction of nearly 300 girls from a northern boarding school last month. On April 14, Islamic militants stormed an allgirl secondary school and seized the students. On Monday, a video was released showing the leader of Boko Haram claiming responsibility. State officials report some of the girls have already been sold off as brides for as little as $12. Others were reportedly forced to marry their abductors, and taken to neighboring Cameroon and Chad. The area in northeastern Nigeria, where the girls were kidnapped, has been under a state of emergency for nearly a year, and their school was reportedly the only one still open. We speak to Nigerian writer and activist Ijeoma Uduma in Lagos and journalist Omoyele Sowore, publisher of the website Sahara Reporters.
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