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Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 30 boys and girls from a village in northeast Nigeria during the weekend. The abductions appear to be the latest in a string of recent kidnappings by Boko Haram that dims hope for the anticipated release of 219 schoolgirls held by the group since April following a controversial ceasefire declared by Nigerian authorities. --CNN, October 27, 2014
Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram are forced to marry, convert, and endure physical and psychological abuse, forced labor, and rape in captivity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The group has abducted more than 500 women and girls since 2009, and intensified abductions since May 2013, when Nigeria imposed a state of emergency in areas where Boko Haram is most active. Human Rights Watch, October 27, 2014
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I am
forgotten by all but a few wasp-like
men, evil by design, who live only
to make more evil. And now their evil
is in me. I feel it. Daily I am
hollowed out as they build their lair
beneath my ribs, one cell at a time.
Fear buzzes in my brain. To my body
also they do what they want. 100
days and more of doing. They want
to remake me in their image, fill me
with mud and crumble. I spend my days
sweeping them away, cleaning all
the paper chambers of the heart.
Paula Schulz works daily in a 3K setting, sits for grandchildren and grieves for these children and their families.