Stories from Kaguntkodji · Nigeria

Armed men abducted 23 children from an orphanage in Kaguntkodji, in south-central Nigeria. Authorities reported that fifteen children have been rescued, while eight remain missing. The objective is to end the state of war with Israel, similar to the 1949 armistice agreement between Lebanon and Israel. Twenty-three children have been kidnapped from an orphanage in Nigeria. Christian schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Nigeria this past Sunday. Twelve survivors of the 2014 Boko Haram kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from a public girls' secondary school in Shibok, Borno State, are preparing to graduate. The survivors are graduating from American University of Nigeria in Yola. The event occurs 12 years after the original abduction by militants.