Time magazine has asked an important question in light of the abduction of 230 young Nigerian girls on April 14th. Why were these girls targeted by Boko Haram and how have we failed them? It appears that the girls who were sitting for final exams at school were abducted in order to be sold into “marriages” to militant men in Chad and Cameroon.
“Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, who runs a shelter for girls abducted by Joseph Kony’s LRA in Uganda, says that’s just a euphemism for systematic rape. “This is not marriage,†she says. “They are being given in sex slavery. This is human trafficking. We should call evil by its name.†Sub-Saharan Africa is home to over 16% of the 29.8 million enslaved people in the world, and now these girls have likely joined their ranks.”
The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is being blamed for these abductions.
5 Â Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 Â who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;
7 Â who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free;
Psalm 146:5-7