The Elon African Society (EAS) hosted a College Coffee event on Tuesday morning to bring awareness back to the Nigerian girls who had been abducted by Boko Haram in April.
“Last year, we held an event that covered what was going on with our girls,” said Muhammad Musah, a member of EAS. “We want to tell people that this injustice is happening, and girls are still being subjugated to slavery.”
Who are Boko Haram?
- Formed in 2002
- Name means “Western education is forbidden”
- Started their insurgency in 2009
- Have kidnapped 500 women and children since the insurgency began
- Thousands have been killed since 2009
- Declared a terrorist group by the United States in 2013
Nigeria’s chief of defense staff told the public on Oct. 17 that the government had agreed to a truce with Boko Haram, the active Islamic militant group in northern Nigeria, and that more than 200 girls who had been kidnapped in April would be released within a week. But the girls have not been released.
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