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B. Nigeria is bordered by Benin to the west, Chad and Cameroon to the east and Niger to the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. One night last month, scores of armed militants stormed a school dormitory in northeastern Nigeria and kidnapped the students, aged 16 to 18.
A. Half of Nigerians are Muslim, while 40 percent are Christian and 10 percent follow indigenous beliefs. The students are both Christian and Muslim whose only apparent offense was attending school. Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful" in the native Hausa language.
C. Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of petroleum in the world, with oil accounting for 40 percent of the nation's GDP and 80 percent of government earnings. Competition for oil wealth in the Niger Delta has fueled ethnic violence and the militarization of nearly the entire region by ethnic militia groups, the military and police.
D. Government efforts have failed to prevent Nigeria from being a source, transit point and destination country for women and children subjected to human trafficking. Most of the trafficking takes place within Africa, but some women and girls also have been sent to Europe.