Kristi Pelzel is a contributor to Today News Africa in Washington D.C. Kristi focuses on the US Department of State and the United Nations. She holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University.
An estimated 70 students along with teachers were abducted in Kebbi state, northern Nigeria, from the Federal Government College on Thursday, June 17. Eyewitnesses say roughly 100 gunmen stormed the school and began shooting, killing one security officer, and injuring students.
