Monday, May 19, 2014

'Boko Haram Bring Back Our Girls': march planned for Port Elizabeth

Local activists will march from North End to City Hall on 26 May in solidarity with the BringBackOurGirls campaign. A prayer session will also be observed.

Bring Back Our Girls is now an international movement protesting the kidnapping of 284 Nigerian girls from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, by the terrorist group, Boko Haram in April.

In a recently released video, Boko Haram announced that they would be selling the girls into slavery. Some of the girls were reportedly sold as brides to Islamist fighters for £7.50 (about R130) each.

Meanwhile, suspected Boko Haram militants abducted eight more girls from a village in north eastern Borno State, according to BBC Africa.


Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, said the girls would only be freed if the Nigerian government was willing to exchange them for jailed Boko Haram militants.



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