Thursday, May 29, 2014

Special Report: The rifts behind Nigeria's mass kidnap

1 OF 14. Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in this May 21, 2014 file photo.
Reuters
Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in this May 21, 2014 file photo. REUTERS-Joe Penney-Files
BY ISAAC ABRAK AND JOE BROCK-CHIBOK/ABUJA Thu May 29, 2014
(Reuters) - When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help.