Global Week in Review: Boko Haram Threatens to Sell Nigerian Girls

Also, polio has reportedly become a global health emergency.

Boko Haram Threatens to Sell Abducted School Girls as "Slaves" - In this week’s global news, violence continues to escalate in Ukraine, WHO says polio has become a global health emergency and more. — Patrice PeckIn a videotape received Monday, Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the abducting of more than 300 school girls and has threatened to sell the 276 that remain. "They are slaves and I will sell them because I have the market to sell them,” the Islamic extremist leader said, according to AP. Unverified reports made last week alleged that some of the girls were forced to marry their abductors. (Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan/AP Photo, File) 

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Boko Haram Threatens to Sell Abducted School Girls as "Slaves" - In this week’s global news, violence continues to escalate in Ukraine, WHO says polio has become a global health emergency and more. — Patrice PeckIn a videotape received Monday, Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the abducting of more than 300 school girls and has threatened to sell the 276 that remain. "They are slaves and I will sell them because I have the market to sell them,” the Islamic extremist leader said, according to AP. Unverified reports made last week alleged that some of the girls were forced to marry their abductors. (Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan/AP Photo, File) 

WHO: Polio Outbreaks Require Immediate Action - The World Health Organization announced on Monday that, for the first time ever, the spread of polio has become a world health emergency. "Until it is eradicated, polio will continue to spread internationally, find and paralyze susceptible kids," Dr. Bruce Aylward, who leads WHO's polio efforts, said during a press briefing. (Photo: Ben Curtis/AP Photo, FILE)

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WHO: Polio Outbreaks Require Immediate Action - The World Health Organization announced on Monday that, for the first time ever, the spread of polio has become a world health emergency. "Until it is eradicated, polio will continue to spread internationally, find and paralyze susceptible kids," Dr. Bruce Aylward, who leads WHO's polio efforts, said during a press briefing. (Photo: Ben Curtis/AP Photo, FILE)

Bus Bombs Wounds 60 in Kenya - On Sunday, May 4, two homemade bombs exploded on buses along one of the busiest highways in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, killing three people, injuring 60 people and marking the latest in a series of terrorist attacks. President William Ruto has blamed the explosion on judges who freed the suspects on bail the day before the attack.(Photo: Sayyid Azim/AP Photo)

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Bus Bombs Wounds 60 in Kenya - On Sunday, May 4, two homemade bombs exploded on buses along one of the busiest highways in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, killing three people, injuring 60 people and marking the latest in a series of terrorist attacks. President William Ruto has blamed the explosion on judges who freed the suspects on bail the day before the attack.(Photo: Sayyid Azim/AP Photo)

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Nearly Two Dozen Killed in Central African Republic - An attack on a town in the Central African Republic left 22 people dead, including 15 local chiefs and three medical charity workers, on Sunday. Reuters reported that Seleka rebels had gone to a Médecins Sans Frontiéres health clinic looking for money. (Photo: Jerome Delay/AP Photo, File)

Asylum Seekers Drown After Smuggling Boat Capsizes - During an attempt to cross from Turkey to Greece, a yacht and dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea on Monday, drowning at least 22 of 65 migrants. Authorities have managed to rescue three dozen survivors thus far, including a boy suffering from hypothermia.(Photo: Hellenic Coast Guard/AP Photo)

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Asylum Seekers Drown After Smuggling Boat Capsizes - During an attempt to cross from Turkey to Greece, a yacht and dinghy capsized in the Aegean Sea on Monday, drowning at least 22 of 65 migrants. Authorities have managed to rescue three dozen survivors thus far, including a boy suffering from hypothermia.(Photo: Hellenic Coast Guard/AP Photo)

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Syrian War Wrecks World Heritage Site - Syria’s Crac des Chevaliers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has become one of the casualties of the country’s ongoing civil war, AP reported this week. Considered the world’s best preserved medieval Crusader castle, the 900-year-old structure and its religious artifacts have been damaged by heavy artillery, an airstrike and shrapnel.(Photo: Dusan Vranic/AP Photo)

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Syrian War Wrecks World Heritage Site - Syria’s Crac des Chevaliers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has become one of the casualties of the country’s ongoing civil war, AP reported this week. Considered the world’s best preserved medieval Crusader castle, the 900-year-old structure and its religious artifacts have been damaged by heavy artillery, an airstrike and shrapnel.(Photo: Dusan Vranic/AP Photo)

Deadly Weekend in Ukraine - Over the weekend, violence escalated between pro-Russian rebels and the military in eastern Ukraine. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov alleged that the government killed and injured rebels in a recent attack, while rebels shot down two military helicopters and killed a pilot and serviceman. At least 42 people died in clashes in the city of Odessa on Sunday.(Photo: Demitry Serebryakov/Getty Images)

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Deadly Weekend in Ukraine - Over the weekend, violence escalated between pro-Russian rebels and the military in eastern Ukraine. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov alleged that the government killed and injured rebels in a recent attack, while rebels shot down two military helicopters and killed a pilot and serviceman. At least 42 people died in clashes in the city of Odessa on Sunday.(Photo: Demitry Serebryakov/Getty Images)

Election Day Draws Near in South Africa - South Africa’s presidential elections will take place on Wednesday. The ruling party, African National Congress, is predicted to emerge victorious, despite President Jacob Zuma’s personal approval rating having sunk to 5.8.  (Photo: Gianluigi Gerica/Getty Images)

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Election Day Draws Near in South Africa - South Africa’s presidential elections will take place on Wednesday. The ruling party, African National Congress, is predicted to emerge victorious, despite President Jacob Zuma’s personal approval rating having sunk to 5.8.  (Photo: Gianluigi Gerica/Getty Images)

Soldiers Acquitted in Congo Rape Trial - A rare mass trial of 39 soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in two men convicted of rape, while 13 others were cleared. The remaining men were charged with lesser crimes, BBC reported. The charges stemmed from a UN report that claimed that at least 102 women and 33 girls were raped in Minova by the army in November 2012. (Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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Soldiers Acquitted in Congo Rape Trial - A rare mass trial of 39 soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in two men convicted of rape, while 13 others were cleared. The remaining men were charged with lesser crimes, BBC reported. The charges stemmed from a UN report that claimed that at least 102 women and 33 girls were raped in Minova by the army in November 2012. (Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Brazil Gay-Activists Call for Anti-Discrimination Laws During Parade - Hundreds of thousands of gay rights activists gathered in Sao Paulo on Sunday for one of the world’s largest gay pride parades. "We are fighting against different types of prejudice: racism, homophobia," actor Valder Bastos, also known as drag queen Tchaka, told AP. "We are here together to show there are plenty of us.”(Photo: Andre Penner/AP Photo)

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Brazil Gay-Activists Call for Anti-Discrimination Laws During Parade - Hundreds of thousands of gay rights activists gathered in Sao Paulo on Sunday for one of the world’s largest gay pride parades. "We are fighting against different types of prejudice: racism, homophobia," actor Valder Bastos, also known as drag queen Tchaka, told AP. "We are here together to show there are plenty of us.”(Photo: Andre Penner/AP Photo)

Group Charges Venezuela Authorities With Human Rights Abuse - On Monday, Human Rights Watch called on judges and law officials in Venezuela to investigate, prosecute and end human rights abuses by government security forces. The human rights group said it has documented dozens of accounts of serious physical and psychological abuse, 10 of which are "serious enough to be considered torture.”(Photo: Fernando Llano/AP Photo, File)

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Group Charges Venezuela Authorities With Human Rights Abuse - On Monday, Human Rights Watch called on judges and law officials in Venezuela to investigate, prosecute and end human rights abuses by government security forces. The human rights group said it has documented dozens of accounts of serious physical and psychological abuse, 10 of which are "serious enough to be considered torture.”(Photo: Fernando Llano/AP Photo, File)