Amnesty International is blasting Nigeria's top military leaders, claiming they knew four hours in advance that Boka Haram militants were going to raid the Chibok boarding school. The attack ended with nearly 300 girls kidnapped at gunpoint. There has been no sign of them since, and Boko Haram's leader has said he will sell the girls into slavery. Vladimir Duthiers reports on why finding them gets more difficult by the day.
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A U.S. military team is heading to Nigeria to join in the search for hundreds of missing schoolgirls, who were kidnapped at gunpoint for daring to get an education. There are new concerns the girls are being separated into smaller groups to make it more difficult to find them. This comes as Boko Haram, the terror group behind the kidnapping, launched a brutal attack killing more than 300 people in a Nigerian village. Vladamir Duthiers has the latest from Abuja, Nigeria.
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People around the world are horrified and outraged as the terror group Boko Haram threatens to sell hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls into slavery. The Nigerian government's response has been almost entirely ineffective. There is still no sign of the girls and this week Boko Haram launched a new attack in a remote area of Nigeria, where more than 300 people were killed.
As for the missing girls, the militants took them at gunpoint from their school in northern Nigeria on April 14. As time passes, the situation gets more desperate. This has triggered a global call for action, as people voice their anger and frustration with the demand #BringBackOurGirls. What started as a hashtag on social media quickly turned into a worldwide rallying cry.
You can watch the spread of the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag across Twitter since the girls vanished:
Some of the most famous and powerful figures on social media are adding their voices to the cause:
View this post on InstagramHeartbreaking! Let's all raise awareness! #BringBackOurGirls
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With @IshaSesayCNN in Nigeria & #CNN team covering missing schoolgirls. We all want answers!!#BringBackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/3lJ4L7euWI
— Vladimir Duthiers (@vladduthiersCBS) May 2, 2014
Shout! Participate! Show that you care! #BringBackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/ZBt7y7tXha
— AmyPoehlerSmartGirls (@smrtgrls) May 7, 2014
#Malala stands in solidarity with Nigerians & people everywhere calling for action to #BringBackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/woAjreav0W
— Malala Fund (@MalalaFund) May 4, 2014
Children are the reward of life. Rescue our Nigerian sisters. The world is watching, Make your voice heard. Retweet! #BringBackOurGirls
— Wyclef Jean (@wyclef) May 2, 2014
Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It's time to #BringBackOurGirls. -mo pic.twitter.com/glDKDotJRt
— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) May 7, 2014
From Syria to Uganda, Pakistan to Nigeria, girls are targets for terrorists http://t.co/RtpQB0QEWV #BringBackOurGirls pic.twitter.com/yd777L38u5
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) May 8, 2014
#BringBackOurGirls RT pic.twitter.com/cZRfaOxjnz
— Leona Lewis (@leonalewis) May 7, 2014
— lisaling (@lisaling) May 7, 2014
— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) May 8, 2014
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At least eight more Nigerian girls have been kidnapped by suspected members of Boko Haram. That's the terror group that abducted more than 200 schoolgirls last month. In a video released Monday, a Boko Haram leader threatened to sell the girls. Today Vladimir Duthiers spoke to the parents of one of the kidnapped girls.
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The words are appalling, and they are sparking outrage around the world. A man who says he is a leader of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram is threatening to sell some 200 young Nigerian girls taken at gunpoint from their school. The U.S. State Department says the video appears to be legitimate. There is a worldwide campaign going on right now that’s working to secure their freedom. How did their ordeal begin? What if anything can be done to help them now? Vlad Duthiers reports from Nigeria.
Anderson discussed this tragic situation with Vlad Duthiers and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen.
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