Dear MEL Topic Readers,Kuriga kidnap:
More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted
With a population of over 230 million, Nigeria is the most populous
country in Africa. Also, with rich natural resources like oil and natural gas, its
economy is the largest in Africa and 27th in the world. However, its
wealth isn’t shared by most people, and its GDP per capita is ranked 143rd
in the world, meaning there are a lot of people in poverty. In such a country,
corruption level and crime rate are both high and sadly, kidnapping for ransom occurs
from time to time on a large scale. In 2021 alone, gunmen kidnapped over 300
girls in a school raid in Zamfara state in February, and 140 students went
missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Kaduna state in July. Though
the government prohibited making ransom payments in 2022, kidnapping is still
practiced as business by gang groups, and earlier this month, over 280 students
aged between eight and 15 were kidnapped from a school in the northwestern town
of Kuriga. How many of them will be able to meet their families?
Read the article and learn about the dark side of Africa’s most
prospective country.
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