Up & down my news feeds all I see is "Lil Wayne suing Baby for $51M", "Amber Rose Breaks Internet Again", & various other happenings in the entertainment world, but there's far more important matters that we should be focusing on in the world. One of them being the constant battle for Nigeria. Last April a 'Taliban' like group named Boko Haram (which translates to Book Forbidden/Western Edu. is Sin) kidnapped over 250 schoolgirls in an effort to convert them all to the Islamic faith & then sell them as slaves or marry them off. Their mission was successful, with the exception of 50 some odd girls who managed to escape. The incident sparked a campaign entitled #BringBackOurGirls in which celebrities and athletes alike appeared in ads, sported clothing & posted statuses and tweets that help spread awareness of the unfortunate situation.
Boko Haram later struck back with their own version of the campaign (which in fact was a mockery of the aforementioned) demanding that President Jonathan "Bring Back Their Soldiers".
Fast forward to the present day almost a year since the incident has happened and things in Nigeria are getting worse. In addition to the Chibok girls never being recovered I just read that Al-Qaeda more recently donated $500M(which is only 1/2 of the 1 billion they are supposed to receive) to the 'terrorist faction' in attempts of making Nigeria a complete Islam nation. Boko Haram is reported to have said 160NH(or $1B US) is what it takes to achieve such a task. With the deposit secured & election time nearing for the country they've already started their ruthless tactics, invading, looting, and slaughtering villages
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Numbers for killing range from at least 150 to as many as 2,000. One side saying that the media is trying to exaggerate numbers for shock value, while another side is saying numbers are being underestimated to hide the fact that Boko Haram is a serious threat. I don't really care either way both are tooo much, especially when it comes to the fact that they're just innocent civilians. Seems like military factors over there can't stop them, as the group expands itself in numbers and territory even attacking neighboring countries like Cameroon. Amongst the mass violence they've even found time to get their social media game together establishing a Twitter account & website to keep the world updated on their atrocities
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I know this one blog post is a rock in the ocean, but its a start. If I can raise awareness then WE can make a call to action. Every Life Matters, violence is a worldwide problem that is overlooked because of how ugly the picture is, but its getting pretty hard to ignore.
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