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Why do child abductions keep happening in Nigeria?

Why do child abductions keep happening in Nigeria?

Almost three hundred school children have been kidnapped in Nigeria

Focus on Africa · BBC World Service

March 11, 202428m 37s

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Show Notes

Almost three hundred school children have been kidnapped in the past few days in Nigeria's Kaduna State. The recent kidnappings surpasses the abduction of almost two hundred and seventy six Chibok girls, by Boko Haram in 2014. Why do children keep getting abducted? What's going on?

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