Girls suffer most as Nigeria kidnap scourge hits school attendance
A kidnapping crisis in northern Nigeria is costing girls an education as parents choose safety over school a decade since the mass abduction of 276 female students in the town of Chibok caused global outrage. Jihadist group Boko Haram carried out the 2014 Chibok raid, but since then hundreds of children have been seized by criminal gangs using the same tactic of mass school kidnappings to seek ransom payments from parents. For some families, sending their children to school is a risk they cannot take. "We now have a situation where children are starting to choose between going to school and staying…
