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UN urges insurgent group to release Nigerian schoolgirls

UN urges insurgent group to release Nigerian schoolgirls

May 08, 2014, at 05:14 pm

New York, May 8 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's top envoy on children and armed conflict expressed deep concern about the fate of the 230 girls violently abducted from their school in in mid-April by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria's crisis-riven Borno State, and deplored the group's reported abduction on Tuesday of several more girls.

UN warns Boko Haram over sale of Nigerian schoolgirls

UN warns Boko Haram over sale of Nigerian schoolgirls

May 07, 2014, at 05:12 pm

New York, May 7 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday lashed out at the militant group known as Boko Haram, which claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria and now, referring to the girls as "slaves", says it plans to sell them "in the market" and "marry them off".