Nearly 300 school children are missing after being kidnapped in Nigeria.
It’s every parent’s dream: the kidnapping of their children.
This happens a lot in Nigeria.
In the second mass kidnapping within a week, gunmen kidnapped what some reports say were 300 schoolchildren.
Many viewers may remember that the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters 10 years ago.
Kidnappings are common – thousands of Nigerians have been caught in the past few years.
The government has promised to improve security, but the army is spread thin.
So why are attacks still happening? And what should be done to stop them?
Presenter: Hashim Ahlbar
Guest:
Kemi Okenyodo – Founder and Executive Director, Partners West Africa
Balma Bakrati, Senior Fellow, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Sadiq Garba Sheho – Security and Defense Adviser