ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) The kidnapping of 287 grade school students by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week was only the latest in a slew of such raids since the infamous Chibok schoolgirls abduction by the Islamic militant group Boko Haram a decade ago.
This week 287 grade school students were kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria, where relentless violence by insurgent Islamic militant organizations and by bandit groups with no particular ideology have crumbled communities and killed thousands of people
“The danger of attacks on schools is that it scares parents from allowing their children to go to school and also it destroys the fabric of our educational system and in our country.” Shehu Sani, former Nigerian senator for Kaduna, author and human rights activist
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Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials told The Associated Press. They spoke to the AP shortly before the West African bloc ECOWAS said it had directed the deployment of a “standby force”…