Inaction and fading global interest in plight of those who escaped Boko Haram spurred Robert F Smith to support local efforts with offer to pay for schoolingAmerica’s richest black man found himself losing sleep this year over a problem that had nothing to conclude with running a business worth billions of dollars.
Robert Smith was used to powering through life’s hurdles, both personal and political. But he couldnt shake off what he had heard on the radio one May morning. A newsreader was debating the fate of the dozens of girls who escaped when the Islamist militants Boko Haram snatched 276 female pupils from their dormitories in north-eastern Nigeria’s Chibok. Related: Everyday insurgency: Nigerians relate life in the time of Boko Haram Related: UN says 1.4m children have fled Boko Haram extremists Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com