At least 2,295 teache­rs have been killed and more than 1,400 school­s destro­yed by the extrem­istsLAGOS, NIGERIA: As Nigeria prepares to mark the fourth anniversary of the Chibok kidnapping, UNICEF reported on Friday that over 1,000 children have been abducted by militants since 2013. “Since 2013, more than 1,000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, including 276 girls taken from their secondary school in the town of Chibok in 2014,” said UNICEF in a statement. “These repeated attacks against children in schools are unconscionable,” Mohamed Malick Fall, a UNICEF representative in Nigeria. The response from the authorities – denials then contradictions – was eerily similar to the confusion when the Chibok girls were kidnapped. Of the 276 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from the northeastern town of Chibok on April 14, 2014, over 100 are still missing.

Source: The Express Tribune April 13, 2018 11:15 UTC