U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson announced Sunday that she plans to take her year-long campaign for the release of almost 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls to the West African country. Wilson, D-Miami Gardens, has become the most visible advocate in the United States for the girls’ release. They are being held by the Boko Haram terrorist, which seized them from their school in Chibok in April 2014. During a community meeting at the Word of Life Bible Church on Sunday, Wilson said she will be among about a half-dozen members of Congress traveling to Nigeria on Thursday for meetings with government officials and family members of the girls. The Nigeria trip follows a...
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