US joins hunt for Nigerian girls
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
A team of US experts has been sent to Nigeria to help find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by the militant group Boko Haram. US President Barack Obama said the team comprised personnel from military, law enforcement and other agencies. He said he hoped the kidnapping might galvanise the international community to take action against Boko Haram. Earlier, it emerged that eight more girls had been abducted in north-eastern Nigeria by suspected militants. The latest kidnapping happened on Sunday night in the village of Warabe in Borno state. The girls taken were aged between 12 and 15. A further three girls have since been seized from another nearby village, according to BBC.