Can Nigeria’s new leader help find the missing schoolgirls?

Name: Can Nigeria’s new leader help find the missing schoolgirls?
Uploaded: 2015-04-14T23:58:14Z
Duration: P309S
Description: One year since Boko Haram kidnapped more than Nigerian school girls, most are still missing and the militant group continues to terrorize the region. Gwen Ifill talks to Christopher Fomunyoh of the National Democratic Institute about how the nation has balanced the mission of finding the missing girls and fighting the terrorists, and whether the country’s new president can help.

Clip: 04/14/2015 | 5m 9s

One year since Boko Haram kidnapped more than Nigerian school girls, most are still missing and the militant group continues to terrorize the region. Gwen Ifill talks to Christopher Fomunyoh of the National Democratic Institute about how the nation has balanced the mission of finding the missing girls and fighting the terrorists, and whether the country’s new president can help.

Aired: 04/14/15

Rating: NR

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