Eight more Nigerian girls abducted

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped eight more girls in northeastern Nigeria. The latest kidnapping happened on Sunday night in the village of Warabe, in Borno state. The girls taken were between the ages of 12 and 15. On Monday, Boko Haram's leader threatened to "sell" more than 230 girls seized from their school, also in Borno, on 14 April. The Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram has left thousands dead since 2009. The BBC's Mansur Liman in Abuja says the area around Warabe, the site of the latest abductions, is a stronghold of the Islamist movement.The gunmen arrived in two trucks and also seized animals and food from the village. Communications are very poor in the area, which explains why the news took several days to emerge.