
Wave of Student Kidnappings Plunges Nigeria into Crisis
Three mass kidnappings of students in remote northern Nigeria have left parents in shock and despair, with nearly 300 children abducted from their schools in separate incidents. The abductions are a stark reminder of the security crisis in Africa’s most populous country, with suspicions pointing to Islamist extremists in the northeast and conflicts between herders and settled communities in the northwest as potential causes.
