Boko Haram reportedly breaks cease-fire, abducts women

Boko Haram reportedly breaks cease-fire, abducts women
Boko Haram reportedly breaks cease-fire, abducts women

Boko Haram reportedly breaks cease-fire, abducts women

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Despite having agreed upon a cease-fire, Boko Haram has reportedly kidnapped more young women in Nigeria. The militant Islamist group kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in April, prompting the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. This time, officials are reporting that about 60 women were abducted. We’ll discuss the growing threat Boko Haram poses in Nigeria with Clement Adibe, a professor of political science at DePaul University. (photo: In this file photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, people demonstrate calling on the Nigerian government to rescue girls taken from a secondary school in Chibok region, in the city of Abuja, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga File))