- ABC News
- February 8, 2015
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai today asked the people of the world to join her in demanding urgent action to free the more than 250 missing schoolgirls kidnapped by the terror group Boko Haram 10 months ago. "I will not forget my sisters," Malala wrote in a statement on the 300th day of the schoolgirls' captivity. "We cannot forget them. " Last July, Malala traveled to Abjua Nigera on her 17th birthday to meet some of the schoolgirls who escaped during the kidnaping attempt along with parents of the girls still in captivity. She also met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who promised her "that the girls will be returned as soon as possible." Malala Empowers Others With #Strongerthan Social Media Campaign Malala Yousafzai Describes Moment She Was Shot Point-Blank by Taliban Since then, not a single student has been rescued. And Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful," continues to raid villages in Northern Nigeria, killing and...