Month after abduction, protests continue for Nigeria's girls
[caption id=“attachment_152139” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The abduction has sparked protest across the country for the last month. In this picture, Obiageli Ezekwesili, former World Bank vice president and former Nigerian Minister of Education addresses a sit-in protest calling for the release of the abducted girls. Reuters.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_152139” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] While its been almost a month since the abduction, protests have continued across the country demanding the release of the girls. Reuters.
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The abduction has sparked protest across the country for the last month. In this picture, Obiageli Ezekwesili, former World Bank vice president and former Nigerian Minister of Education addresses a sit-in protest calling for the release of the abducted girls. Reuters.
While its been almost a month since the abduction, protests have continued across the country demanding the release of the girls. Reuters.
A screengrab from a video released by Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows abducted girls in an undisclosed location. Boko Haram had released the video claiming the girls had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. AFP photo/Boko Haram
Mothers of kidnapped school girls react during a meeting with the Borno State governor in Chibok. Boko Haram kidnapped more than 300 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria in broad daylight on 14 April. While 53 escaped, 276 are still missing. Reuters.
This screengrab from a video released by Boko Haram shows a man claiming to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau. In the first video released by the organisation days before this one, Shekau threatened to "sell the girls in the marketplace". AFP photo/Boko Haram
The abduction of over 300 schoolgirls sparked protest across Nigeria demanding action from authorities who, people allege, have failed to protect them in previous instances as well. Reuters
Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck (pictured here) has been criticised for the way in which his government has handled the kidnapping of schoolgirls as pressure mounts to find them. Reuters.