ABUJA, Nigeria — On April 14th, more than 250 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their dormitories at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a sleepy rural town in the Northern state of Borno. Boko Haram, an extremist Muslim group which has terrorized Nigeria since the mid-2000s, has claimed responsibility for the abductions. As of now, they have no plans to return the girls. In fact, in a video obtained by Agence France-Presse, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said that the victims will be sold. “By Allah, I will sell them in the marketplace,” Shekau declared. “Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell.” Rumor has that some of the girls have already been sold into...
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