Gunmen kidnap 300 students in northwest Nigeria.

Nigeria's northwest has seen nearly 300 students abducted from their schools, with at least 100 children aged 12 or younger among the abductees. The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis in Africa's most populous country. Islamic extremists waging an insurgency in the northeast are suspected of carrying out the kidnapping in Borno. Locals blame the school abductions on herders in conflict with settled communities. Nigerian police and soldiers are searching for the missing children, but combing the wooded expanses could take weeks.

March 10, 2024
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