New Zealand in support of the 276 Nigerian school girls who were abducted last month.

Rallies have been held around New Zealand in support of the 276 Nigerian school girls who were abducted last month.

They came as the Nigerian government agreed to start negotiating with the terrorist group behind the kidnappings.

When 270 high school girls take to the street, you notice - and that's exactly what Wellington Girls' College students who protested in the city today wanted.

"We've tried to get 270 and I've asked the girls to make signs about the 270 because we want to make a point, a statement that you can't miss 270 girls who've gone missing," says pupil Dawape Giwa-Isekeije.

The Year 13 student organised the march to Parliament - with the same number of girls as those kidnapped last month in Nigeria.

"These are our sisters and these are our girls and we can't stand for something like this to happen anywhere in the world and as young girls in our world, in our society and the privileges that we have we must stand up for other people," she says.

They were not the only ones marching as people also took to the streets in Auckland and Christchurch.

Another march was held in Wellington - which joined with the school girls at parliament.

Despite the miserable Wellington weather, several hundred people have shown up and for many of them this is a cause which hits close to home.

One of them was Giwa-Isekeije's mother - she wants the New Zealand Government to do more.

"I have a 17-year-old and a 15-year-old and I go to bed every night wondering what the parents of these 276 children must go through not knowing where their children are," she says.

The New Zealand Government has condemned the actions of militant group Boko Haram but is unlikely to provide support to the Nigerian government.

"The Government is deeply concerned by the actions of Boko Haram. It is one of the reasons the Government actually listed Boko Haram as a terrorist group under the Terrorism Suppression Act," Prime Minister John Key said yesterday.

At Dunedin's Columba College girls started a campaign on social media and held a white ribbon day.

"What we're trying to do is raise awareness and show support. We going by the [idea] that awareness creates change and we want to Nigerian Government to know that the whole world is watching and supporting," says pupil Caitlin Addison.

The Nigerian government now says it will consider negotiating with Boko Haram.

It has been confirmed all of the girls in one video released on Sunday have been identified as those who were kidnapped.

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Boko Haram menace in Nigeria transitory, says Tanzanian envoy

BY: VICTORIA OJEME

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BY: VICTORIA OJEME

The High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Daniel Ole Njoolay, yesterday, said that the present security challenges confronting Nigeria, especially in the north-eastern states of the country, is but temporary.

Njoolay, who made the remarks at a press briefing in commemoration of the Tanzania 50th Anniversary celebration in Abuja, said Nigeria would sooner than later overcome those challenges.

He said he was of the belief that the spate of terrorism in the country would not affect the country’s bilateral relations with other countries as terrorism has become a phenomenon almost in every country of the world.

“Nigeria is a big country; Nigeria is a strong economy; Nigeria has everything it takes; Nigeria is a big brother in Africa. I think these issues of Boko Haram are transient. Definitely, they will come to an end sooner than later. It is not something that will interrupt business relations between countries. Sooner than later, it will come to an end. It is my very sincere opinion that it is something transient, temporary. This kind of thing happens everywhere,” he said.

The envoy, who said that corruption is not limited to a country, pointed out that having strong institutions and political will to fight the menace would drastically reduce the problem.

His words: “I think corruption is problem everywhere; not only in Tanzania, not only in Nigeria but everywhere. It is a question of greed, I will say. In the developed world, in the underdeveloped countries, corruption is everywhere. Corruption is in every country. In Tanzania for instance, we have an institution called Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (BCCB). It is a very strong institution.

“And it started a long time ago but over the period it has been strengthened to go down to the grassroots, to the district level; from high offices up to the district level, to try and combat corruption at the lower level all the way to the highest level. So, if you have strong institution and if you have the political will of the population, you can curtail corruption; you cannot wipe it out. Don’t let anybody deceive you that it can be wiped out but you can curtail it. But there has to be political will, there has to be strong institution that are well taken care of, well equipped with personnel and with equipment to be able to cut down corruption.”

On the celebration, he said Tanzania would mark the 50th anniversary of the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar on the April 26, 2014.

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