Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It’s time to #BringBackOurGirls. -mo pic.twitter.com/glDKDotJRt

— The First Lady (@FLOTUS) May 7, 2014

Nearly a month back, Islamic fundamentalist organization Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls from a school in Nigeria’s Chibok and is threatening to sell them.

The Islamist militia Boko Haram has been launching attacks throughout the country, and the government and military have not been able to stop them so far. Read more on women’s news that have made it to the headlines.

Islamic extremists stormed a remote boarding school in northeast Nigeria last week and kidnapped 230 girls and young women.