Why can't Nigeria stop the kidnapping of schoolchildren? | Boko Haram


Some 300 schoolchildren are missing after the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria.

It is every parent's nightmare: the kidnapping of their children.

It happens too often in Nigeria.

In the second mass kidnapping in a week, gunmen kidnapped what some reports say are around 300 schoolchildren.

Many viewers will remember the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters 10 years ago.

Kidnappings remain common: thousands of Nigerians have been captured in recent years.

The government has promised to improve security, but the army is scattered.

So why do the attacks keep happening? And what needs to be done to make them stop?

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra

Guests:

Kemi Okenyodo – Founder and CEO, Partners West Africa

Bulama Bukarti, Senior Fellow at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Sadeeq Garba Shehu – Security and Defense Consultant

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