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| Nigerian teachers protest over kidnapped schoolgirls | Nigerian teachers protest over kidnapped schoolgirls |
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| Teachers across Nigeria are holding a day of protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by the Islamist group Boko Haram last month. | Teachers across Nigeria are holding a day of protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by the Islamist group Boko Haram last month. |
| Teaching unions said they were also marching in memory of the 173 teachers killed by militants. | |
| It follows two days of bloody attacks in the country, in which nearly 150 people have been killed. | It follows two days of bloody attacks in the country, in which nearly 150 people have been killed. |
| Nigeria's government is under pressure to do more to tackle Boko Haram and bring about the girls' release. | Nigeria's government is under pressure to do more to tackle Boko Haram and bring about the girls' release. |
| US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he had deployed 80 military personnel to neighbouring Chad to help in the search. | US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he had deployed 80 military personnel to neighbouring Chad to help in the search. |
| A UK spy plane sent to help look for the girls has arrived in Ghana, after it broke down and was forced to land in Senegal. | A UK spy plane sent to help look for the girls has arrived in Ghana, after it broke down and was forced to land in Senegal. |
| A Ministry of Defence source told the BBC it was now ready to be tasked to help Nigerian and US military efforts to locate the girls. | A Ministry of Defence source told the BBC it was now ready to be tasked to help Nigerian and US military efforts to locate the girls. |
| The girls were taken from their school in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state, on 14 April. They are thought to be held in a remote forested area of the state, close to the border with Chad and Cameroon. | The girls were taken from their school in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state, on 14 April. They are thought to be held in a remote forested area of the state, close to the border with Chad and Cameroon. |
| 'Very scared' | 'Very scared' |
| The Nigerian Union of Teachers said all schools across the country would be closed so teachers can participate in a series of "Bring Back Our Girls" rallies. | The Nigerian Union of Teachers said all schools across the country would be closed so teachers can participate in a series of "Bring Back Our Girls" rallies. |
| President of the union Michael Olukoya said they would not stop campaigning "until our girls are brought back safe and alive and the perpetrators of the heinous crime are brought to book", Nigeria's Premium Times quotes him as saying. | President of the union Michael Olukoya said they would not stop campaigning "until our girls are brought back safe and alive and the perpetrators of the heinous crime are brought to book", Nigeria's Premium Times quotes him as saying. |
| Another union leader, Segun Raheem, said that teachers too were also a target - and the authorities were not doing enough to protect them. | Another union leader, Segun Raheem, said that teachers too were also a target - and the authorities were not doing enough to protect them. |
| "The majority of them are scared. They don't even sleep at home. And when they go to school, it is with shock," he told the BBC's Newsday programme. | "The majority of them are scared. They don't even sleep at home. And when they go to school, it is with shock," he told the BBC's Newsday programme. |
| "We feel that enough security has not been put in place... and we call on the government... not to play politics with the lives of our children and the teachers." | "We feel that enough security has not been put in place... and we call on the government... not to play politics with the lives of our children and the teachers." |
| Nigeria is reeling from several days of violence. | Nigeria is reeling from several days of violence. |
| Boko Haram is accused of killing 27 people in attacks on two villages, Shawa and Alagarno, not far from where the schoolgirls were taken. | Boko Haram is accused of killing 27 people in attacks on two villages, Shawa and Alagarno, not far from where the schoolgirls were taken. |
| Witnesses said they torched homes and shot at residents before leaving with stolen food and vehicles. | Witnesses said they torched homes and shot at residents before leaving with stolen food and vehicles. |
| A double bombing in the central city of Jos on Tuesday, in which 122 people died, is also thought to have been the work of Boko Haram. | A double bombing in the central city of Jos on Tuesday, in which 122 people died, is also thought to have been the work of Boko Haram. |
| Nigeria under attack | Nigeria under attack |