US First Lady calls for release of Nigeria schoolgirls
by AA
May 11, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by AA
May 11, 2014 12:00 am
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday made a public appeal for the release of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, saying that their case highlights global challenges to girls' education.
Assuming the president's weekly internet and radio address, the First Lady said she and her husband President Barack Obama were
"outraged and heartbroken" by the mass abduction.
"In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams -- and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now." The Obamas have two daughters -- Sasha, 12, and Malia, 15.
Boko Haram militants kidnapped an estimated 276 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State 26 days ago. The militant group is opposed to both western education and the schooling of women.
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