Kate Tully

Cary Zierenberg
Natomas Charter School
Grade 7
4600 Blackrock Dr, Sacramento, CA 95835
(916) 928-5353

The recent report of the missing girls from Northern Nigeria, sparked outrage and riots,
as the government scrambled to figure out just how to solve the crisis.
In April 2014, in the small town of Chibok, just under 300 boarding school girls were
kidnapped. The girls were taken from their school and carried off in the middle of the night.
Luckily, some were able to escape, others, however, were forced into a life of rape, and
involuntary marriage to Isis and Boko Haram militants.
Boko Haram was recently named one of the worlds deadliest terrorist groups. Boko
Haram is a branch of the Isis terrorist group. Both terrorist groups are wreaking havoc
throughout the globe.
Government officials researched and discovered that this is not the only time Boko
Haram has struck and expressed their hate for education, especially for girls. Boko Haram has
captured roughly 2,000 victims from different areas of Nigeria.
The global outrage towards the different terrorist groups is spreading rapidly due to the
fact that some governments have done nothing to help solve the on-going problem. And, the
Nigerian government had done virtually nothing to help find the missing girls. The parents of the
girls were outraged. The parents reached out to the United Kingdom, and the U.S. to not only
bring the girls back, but to hopefully put a stop to the going-ons of terrorist activity throughout
Nigeria, and other parts of Africa.
The problem with the kidnapped girls sparked outrage in Africa, and campaigns were
created in the U.S. Organizations, campaigns, and banners were developed to bring awareness
throughout the world. #BringBackOurGirls has been floating around social media. But, is it
actually helping? Or, is it fueling Boko Harams ego, which will result in them continuing to
wreak havoc?

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 The push and campaign in the U.S. have made a small difference, especially recently.
The U.S. government nudged the Nigerian government to do something about the problem. With
that encouragement from our government, the Nigerian government recovered areas of land
that belonged to Boko Haram. They also raided a Boko Haram refugee camp, and actually found
a small number of the 2,000 captured victims of Boko Haram. Many of the recovered girls were
found pregnant. Their parents and guardians feared that they would not be accepted back into
their communities as they were no longer virgins.
Even though some of the girls were recovered, the government had trouble telling if they
were the same group of girls from the boarding school in Chibok. But either way, children were
recovered from this dangerous terrorist group. However, a large number of girls are still missing,
and still in the hands of Isis and Boko Haram.
But, it is not only Nigeria that has experienced the wrath of the terrorist groups. The
recent bombings and shootings in the U.S. are connected to terrorist groups like the ones in
Nigeria. Suicide bombings throughout Nigeria were executed by some of the captured Nigerian
girls, who acted under force to destroy heavily-populated areas of Africa.
The recent bombings leave people in the world very afraid, feeling exposed. Now we can
only wonder where these terrorist groups will strike next.