What's Behind Nigeria's Mass Kidnapping and Security Crisis?

What's behind Nigeria's mass kidnapping and security crisis?

The abduction of hundreds of Nigerians, including almost 350 schoolchildren in just a matter of days, has reignited a pressing debate about the persistent security crisis gripping the country. A resurgence of mass kidnappings came after US President Donald Trump threatened military action in Nigeria to stop what he calls the killing of Christians by radical Islamists.

UN ‘shocked’ as 402 people abducted in Nigeria amid surge in mass kidnappings

Most of them are school children, who have been abducted in states of Niger, Kebbi, Kwara, Borno since Nov. 17, while only 88 of them have reportedly been freed or have escaped, says spokesperson

School kidnappings have become a cruel fact of life in Nigeria

President Trump has threatened military intervention to head off what he says is the persecution of Christians, but children of all faiths are abducted, often for money.