Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children

Aminu Salisu

Aminu Salisu, a parent, looks at the pictures of one of the children kidnapped by bandits at Salihu Tanko Islamic school in Tegina, Niger State, Nigeria August 11, 2021. PHOTO | REUTERS

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What you need to know:

  • About 300 kidnapped students still missing
  • Violence rose 28 percent nationwide in first half of year - ACLED
  • In December, gunmen kidnapped 344 boys from the Government Science Secondary School in the northwestern state of Katsina during a night-time raid.

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