Mass Kidnappings of Nigerian Students Leave Parents in Shock and Despair

A women prays for the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School students in Kuriga, Kaduna state, Nigeria, March 9, 2024. A Nigerian soldier patrol sat the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga where students were kidnapped in Kuriga, Kaduna Nigeria, March 9, 2024. People wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 9, 2024.

Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria's conflict-battered northwest.