UN Security Council condemns abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls

The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls and is demanding their immediate and unconditional release.
In a joint statement Friday, the council said the mass kidnappings by the militant Islamist group, Boko Harem, may amount to crimes against humanity under international law.
The U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power said the council should act quickly to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist group and hold its murderous leaders to account.
Scores of militants kidnapped more than 250 girls from a secondary school in a remote part of northeastern Nigeria on April 14th and the group has threatened to sell them into slavery.
U.S., British and French experts are in Nigeria and are working closely with the Nigerian army and air force to scour the area for any sign of the girls.