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Boko Haram: Facts & Figures

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April 14, 2014, an abduction took place at Government Secondary School, Chibok, in the Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Who were abducted? 300 girls. This headline took the world by storm and created an international campaign known by many as “Bring Back Our Girls”. The #BBOG movement was born! Processed with Moldiv Fast forward to 2015, only 57 girls escaped, over 200 are still missing. According to Amnesty International, the “Islamic” terrorist group has kidnapped 2,000 women since the beginning of last year, while over 1,600 people have been killed since June this year. The world might have been outraged by the abduction of the Chibok girls but, compared to the thousand of missing girls and women in the region, it’s a drop of water in the ocean! Earlier this year, the killing of 17 victims in 3 despicable terrorist acts prompted a unity march of 1.5 million people, including 40 world leaders in Paris. During the same week, 2,000 civilians, including women and children, were killed in Nigeria. As recently as last week even deadlier attacks rocked the world. An orchestrated string of bombs hit Paris, killing close to 150 people and wounding over 350 others. The terror [...]

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