US EditionNigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
- Last week, over 300 pupils were abducted from St Mary's Catholic School in Niger State, and Rev. John Hayab said Mr Anthony, a parent of three abducted children, died of a heart attack.
- Analysts say armed gangs often target schools to pressure governments into negotiating ransoms, and Nigeria battles dozens of armed groups in remote communities with limited security, activists say.
- Fifty escaped students reunited with families last week, while parents including Emmanuel Ejeh say they have not been briefed on rescue efforts.
- Nigerian authorities have deployed helicopters and ground troops, with the Nigerian military mounting pressure on the gunmen, and police said on Wednesday the students had been reunited with their families.
- An AP tally shows at least 1,799 students have been abducted in a dozen major attacks, and UNICEF last year reported only 37% of schools in 10 northern states have early-warning systems despite the Safe School Initiative.
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Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
PAPIRI, Nigeria — Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts — and the stress has been so high that one parent has died of a heart attack. “Nobody from the government has briefed us about the abduction,” said Emmanuel Ejeh, whose 12-year-old son was taken from the Catholic school in Niger state. No a…
Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts — and the stress has…
Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts — and the stress has…
Community recounts unspeakable tragedy of parents awaiting news of their kidnapped children in Nigeria
By Fredrick Nzwili and Ngala Killian Chimtom (OSV News) — Reeling from the Nov. 21 kidnapping of more than 250 kids and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora said trauma, helplessness and confusion had gripped Papiri, the remote area in the state of Niger. As of Nov. 26, 265 people — including 253 children and 12 teachers — were still in captivity, as the diocese continued to gather more info…
Several parents of the more than 300 school children kidnapped by armed men in the most recent mass kidnapping in Nigeria told The Associated Press that the government has not informed them about the rescue efforts, and...
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