Education

Nigeria Shuts Down Schools to Prevent Jihadi Kidnappings

Yet another kidnapping of young Nigerian women by jihadis of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was reported on Sunday. The wave of violence prompted the government of Nigeria’s Bauchi state to close all schools as a precaution, including both government and private institutions.

A general view of a classroom at St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Agwarra local gover