Nigeria schools closed in protest

Many schools in Nigeria have closed to protest against the abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government’s failure to rescue them and the killing of scores of teachers by the Islamic extremists.

Families of some of the kidnapped girls and their supporters are also planning a march to the presidential villa in Abuja, the capital, to protest against the failure to rescue the girls more than five weeks after they were captured.