Nigeria state governor says abducted girls 'sighted'

Governor Kashim Shettima of Nigeria's Borno state has announced that he has received information on the whereabouts of around 200 kidnapped school girls. The group known to have kidnapped the girls is an Islamist group called Boko Haram. The group has admitted to kidnappings the girls and issued statements saying the girls should have never been in school and should get married instead. Boko Haram has also threatened to sell the girls as slaves. Violence is nothing new to this group; they have been involved in violence with the Nigerian government since 2009. The whereabouts of the girls has been passed on to the Nigerian military to confirm the sighting information. Many think that the majority of the girls are Christians but a there are a few Muslim girls as well. In response to the abductions the president of France offered to host a summit on Boko Haram with countries neighboring Nigeria.  If the countries agree the summit should happen by next Saturday.  The countries that will be invited are Cameroon, Niger, and Chad, although the US, UK, and EU will most likely also attend the summit.

Alexandra Avery
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