Global Week in Review: UN Condemns Ethnic Slaughter in South Sudan

Parents confirm 200 Nigerian girls were abducted, plus more.

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22 Killed in Attack on Village of Daku, Nigeria - Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, is being blamed for killing 22 people in the remote village of Daku, Nigeria. This is the latest attack in the Borno state, where more than 200 girls were abducted from their school.   (Photo: Quentin Leboucher/AFP/Getty Images)
Somali Lawmaker Killed in Car Bomb - Isaq Mohamed Rino, a legislator in Somalia’s parliament, was killed in a car bomb explosion in the capital Monday. The bomb was reportedly planted under his car. The attack also injured another lawmaker who was traveling with Rino. (Photo: AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)Aid Workers Kidnapped in Northern Mali Are Freed - Five aid workers in Mali were freed by French troops in a raid near Timbuktu. The group was abducted by a Mujao Islamist militant group in February.(Photo: REUTERS/Francois Rihouay)

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UN Condemns Bentiu 'Ethnic Slaughter' - Parents confirm that more than 230 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped, Somali lawmaker killed in car bomb explosion, plus more global news. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege)  The United Nations reports that 200 South Sudanese civilians were killed because of their ethnicity and nationality in the town of Bentiu last week. Hate speech broadcasts called on these groups to leave the town and called for men to sexually assault women.  (Photo: REUTERS /JAMES AKENA /LANDOV)

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