Islamists abduct 100 girls in Nigeria

By EducationHQ News Team
Published April 17, 2014

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 16 - Heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped more than 100 girls from a school in northeast ...

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Islamists abduct 100 girls in Nigeria

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