The Boko Haram, founded
in 2002 is a radical militant group in West Africa who opposes western
lifestyle such a western education. The name Boko Haram is Hausa language
meaning, “Western education is forbidden”. The group has killed thousands of
people (mainly in Nigeria), attacked the UN headquarters in Abuja, kidnapped
hundreds included the 200 school girls that captured national attention, which
started the campaign, “Bring Back Our Daughters”. They have also gained control
over many towns as well.
In December of 2014 over
158 women and children were abducted by the Boko Haram militants in Nigeria. Of
the group 62 of them were married women. Out of the 62 women, 16 of them lost their
husbands the day of the attack on their home. One man named Muhammdu Katarko
stated that he had given up; he had just hoped to see their dead bodies at
least because he feared he would not see them alive. To his surprise and many
others the women and children are alive and healthy, and not raped as many
expected them to be according to an anonymous abductee. She stated that they
were not treated horribly by their kidnappers either. There are too many
variations on how the women gained their freedom to surely know. Some say that
they were freed voluntarily, while others say that the militants were under
attack and fled so the women were able to escape.
The kidnapping of women
is an enormous growing problem in this area of Africa. The search for the 200
school girls in still on even though they were taken nearly a year ago. There
is help from other countries yet there are still unaccounted for. Women in this
country face the fear of abduction by militants on the daily basis. In this
story the women and children were lucky. Their children were not turned into
child soldiers, and the women and female children were not raped and beaten
according to the reports.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31551127
Illyana Massey
2/20/15 9:22 pm
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