Delayed Election Puts Safety of Nigerian Women in the Spotlight
Amid a delayed election and a Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian women and girls are increasingly becoming targets of violence. Nigerian authorities recently postponed elections that had been scheduled for February, ostensibly to give them more time to fight Boko Haram, the militant Islamist extremist group with ties to the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. The delay heightens the already intense... Continue Reading