08/05/2014
World pledges help to Nigeria in hunt for girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
The grinning appearance of the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a video released early this week where he threatened to sell the 230 or more girls still in captivity into sex slavery arguably focused minds on the Islamist group in a way that previous atrocities had failed to do. As outrage grows around the world over the killings, the international community has stepped forward to offer support for the Nigerian government to find the girls, and furthermore to go after Boko Haram. It could yet prove to be the militant group?s undoing, with President Barack Obama suggesting the kidnappings ?may be the event that helps to mobilise the entire international community finally to do...
