Today I took an idea from last year's list and spent some time reading news articles and watching news videos about Nigeria's Boko Haram. It's very difficult for me to watch videos and read articles about human rights atrocities so I avoid them for the most part, but today I watched and today I read.
It's been two years since the militant group invaded a school and kidnapped more than 200 girls. We don't hear about #BringBackOurGirls much anymore, but for the families of the young girls in Nigeria the nightmare is still very real.
On April 14, 2016 Boko Haram released a video of 15 of the kidnapped girls reading their names and explaining that they are all alive and well. The Nigerian government confirms that they remain in negotiations with Boko Haram for the release of these girls.
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J here, of the #atozchallenge Arlee Bird's A to Z Ambassador Team.
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My blog's giveaway is still going! I'm encouraging everyone to visit more stops. Check out the post about how to better use the image alt code -- featured on the main A to Z blog as well as my own.
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It's terrible that happened. It's hard to keep people interested in a story, even one as important as this. By having no new twists or news, it was able to be buried. Frightening how easy that can happen.
Thanks, J! I'll stop by and visit soon. Love visits from the AtoZ Team!
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