Boko Haram abducted 1,000 children: UN

Afp, Lagos

As Nigeria prepares to mark the fourth anniversary of the Chibok kidnapping, UNICEF yesterday reported that over 1,000 children have been abducted by jihadists since 2013. Boko Haram's fight to establish a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has claimed at least 20,000 lives and displaced more than two million people.