Saturday, 13 June 2015

Um Haleema, a Boko Haram kidnap victim has vowed to keep her pregnancy.She was just 16 years old when she was kidnapped. She was captured trying to escape, along with three of her friends, as Boko Haram burned and ransacked her village. During her captivity, Um Haleema was forced to watch men, women and children slaughtered. She was forced into marriage. Forced to wait on a "husband" she hated. But while she watched, she says she was also waiting -- for a chance to break free. And after six long months, it finally came. "I had planned my escape from the beginning, "There was a time...


Um Haleema, a Boko Haram kidnap victim has vowed to keep her pregnancy.She was just 16 years old when she was kidnapped. She was captured trying to escape, along with three of her friends, as Boko Haram burned and ransacked her village. During her captivity, Um Haleema was forced to watch men, women and children slaughtered. She was forced into marriage. Forced to wait on a "husband" she hated. But while she watched, she says she was also waiting -- for a chance to break free. And after six long months, it finally came. "I had planned my escape from the beginning, "There was a time... more »

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