Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — It is a parent’s worst nightmare: Your child goes to school, never to return home.
Scores of Nigerians are living that horrific reality after 230 schoolgirls were abducted, allegedly by Boko Haram, under the cover of darkness on April 16. Of the hundreds of girls herded into vehicles, only 43 have escaped.
And as their parents wait and hope, the government is grappling with an Islamist terror group that has gotten more brazen.
So has its abductions of women and girls in northern Nigeria, the region most affected by the insurgency.
Why does Boko Haram kidnap girls?
The Islamist militants’ name translates to “Western education is a sin” in the local language.
The group especially opposes the education of women. Under its version of Sharia law, women should…..
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