In the clutches of Boko Haram

It has been six months since around 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeast, and the girls from Chibok are still in the hands of the terrorists. Before they were kidnapped, the girls were just like any other group of teenage students – studying, playing, talking about boys, dreaming of what the future holds for them. But one night in April changed all that. Some of the victims, however, were able to escape – and now, we hear their stories, and how their lives have been changed by the harrowing experience.

Read this compelling account of their experience in Medium.