It was eight years ago. On April 14, 2014, high school girls were kidnapped in the village of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, by the Boko Haram group. They were 276 of which 109 are still worn...

Nigeria: 8 years after the kidnapping of Chibok high school girls, a hundred still missing

Names of high school girls abducted in Chibok, April 14, 2014. Eight years later, more than a hundred of the high school girls abducted have still not been released.

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It was eight years ago.

On April 14, 2014, high school girls were kidnapped in the village of Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria, by the Boko Haram group.

They were 276 of which 109 are still missing.

Families and associations denounce the government's inaction.

They also affirm that the inaction of the authorities would be at the origin of an increase in kidnappings.

Sesugh Akume joined the Bring Back Our Girls association in April 2014, when the Chibok high school girls were kidnapped.

Eight years later, a hundred young girls are still missing.

In question, according to him, the inaction and indifference of the government.

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The Nigerian authorities are visibly insensitive to the plight of these young high school girls and the plight of their families.
Still, there is a chance of finding these girls, provided the Nigerian government takes serious action.
But that's not the case: he only talks about high school girls in Chibok on April 14 every year, and then he goes back to sleep

According to the association Bring Back Our Girls, the inaction of the authorities is at the root of the feeling of impunity of the terrorist groups.

They have been multiplying attacks and kidnappings in schools across the country for several years.

I am torn between frustration and anger.

The fact that these young girls were abducted from their high school.

The fact that we haven't heard from them for eight years.

And the fact that the Nigerian government is visibly insensitive to the plight of these young girls and the plight of their families.

On this eighth anniversary, our association is organizing a round table on this affair.

This year, we are going to talk about the indifference of the political class towards this kidnapping.

They treat Chibok high school girls exactly like they treat Nigerians.

Especially the Nigerians who are seen as less than nothing.

Yet there is a chance of finding these young girls, provided the Nigerian government takes serious action.

But this is not the case :

he only talks about high school girls in Chibok on April 14 every year, and then he goes back to sleep.

He says nothing, gives no information, not even to the parents.

Sesugh Akume, spokesperson for the collective Bring Back Our Girls

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According to Amnesty International, nearly 1,500 schoolchildren and schoolgirls have been kidnapped by armed groups in Nigeria since 2014.

Eight years after the chilling abduction of 276 Chibok school girls by Boko Haram, more than 1,500 Nigerian school children have been abducted by armed groups, and the Nigerian authorities are failing to protect them, Amnesty International said today in a new investigation.

— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) April 14, 2022

Allen Manasseh is the spokesperson for the Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA).

It warns of the consequences for education in the longer term.

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There have been hundreds of schools attacked or destroyed.
If we fail to keep children safe, they will have to choose between going to school and surviving

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Effects that we can already see: according to Amnesty International, school enrollment has been falling for several years.

6th #ChibokGirls lecture and 8th year commemoration of their abduction 14th April 2014 to 14th April 2022. https://t.co/CNJs4UvbIk

Nigeria: 8 years after the kidnapping of Chibok high school girls, a hundred still missing

Nigeria: 8 years after the kidnapping of Chibok high school girls, a hundred still missing

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