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Hundreds of Nigerian Schoolgirls Feared Abducted in Raid

HeadlineFeb 26, 2021

In Nigeria, up to 300 schoolgirls are missing after gunmen raided a boarding school in the northwestern state of Zamfara, with the exact number of abducted children and other details still unclear. The attack comes one week after a raid on a school in north-central Nigeria, where one student was killed and 42 people were kidnapped and are still being held hostage.

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