Chibok Girls/Boko Haram

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US Lawmakers Vow Never to Forget Nigerian Girls Taken by Boko Haram
November 28, 2022
In The News
US Lawmakers Vow Never to Forget Nigerian Girls Taken by Boko Haram

Representative Frederica Wilson of Florida is easy to spot in a crowd. Dressed all in red from her cowboy hat to her boots, she stood on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to mark the somber two-year anniversary of the abduction of more than 200 girls from the northern Nigerian village of Chibok by the militant group Boko Haram.

Issues: Chibok Girls/Boko Haram
Bring Back Our African Girls
November 28, 2022
In The News
BRING BACK OUR AFRICAN GIRLS

Although separated by thousands of miles, and vast political and cultural differences, one major commonality between the Chibok school girls and Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson is the idea that an education can change lives. Two years ago when she learned that the girls had been kidnapped on April 14, 2014 as punishment for seeking an education, Wilson was "both shocked and angry."

Issues: Chibok Girls/Boko Haram