What Ever Happened to #BringBackOurGirls?

Last spring, thanks to the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag—popularized by celebrities and politicians, including first lady Michelle Obama—people around the world were briefly aware of the plight of more than 200 school girls kidnapped in April, in Chibok, Nigeria, by Boko Haram. But nine months—and dozens of attacks by the Islamic militant group—later, the girls are still missing, and thousands are dead. The U.S. intervention effort—the kind of action the hashtag was meant to inspire—has failed.

This week the group launched a major attack happened in Baga, near Nigeria's border with Chad. According to the Associated Press, the Boko Haram militants attacked with “rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles.” Amnesty International told the AP that the attack claimed as many as 2,000 lives, making it the “deadliest massacre” in the terrorist group’s history. Last year, according to the AP, more than 10,000 people were killed in attacks.