Michelle Obama Protest againts Boko Haram

The US First Lady has presented the weekly presidential address from the White House, in an unusual break from tradition.

Mrs Obama used the radio and live-streamed statement to call for the release of the 276 Nigerian girls who were abducted by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
 

"Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and I are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls from their school dormitory in the middle of the night," she said.
 

"This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education – grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls."

She continued: "In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams – and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now.