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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Michelle Obama: prayers with missing Nigerian girls

Yahoo – AFP, 8 May 2014

Protestors hold signs during a demonstration on May 6, 2014 outside the Nigerian
 embassy in Washington, DC demanding robust action to rescue more than 200
schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants (AFP Photo/Robert MacPherson)

Protestors hold signs during a demonstration on May 6, 2014 outside the Nigerian embassy in Washington, DC demanding robust action to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants (AFP Photo/Robert MacPherson)

Washington (AFP) - Michelle Obama on Wednesday expressed sympathy for the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, in a personal message on Twitter.

"Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It's time to #BringBackOurGirls," said the US First Lady on her @FLOTUS account, with a picture of her solemnly holding a sign saying #BringBackOurGirls" scribbled in black on white paper.

The tweet was signed "mo," meaning she wrote it herself, and it was retweeted more than 8,500 times in just a few hours.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday called the mass kidnapping three weeks ago by Boko Haram Islamists "heartbreaking" and "outrageous."

The US has sent experts including from the military in the hunt for the girls, who were snatched at gun point from their Nigerian.
‘Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It’s time to
#BringBackOurGirls,’ wrote US First Lady Michelle Obama under a picture
retweeted more than 48,000 times. (Photo courtesy of White House)


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