Nigeria's Boko Haram 'forces one million out of school'

An Islamist-led insurgency has kept more than one million children out of school in four West African states. 

More than 2,000 schools were shut, while hundreds had been attacked, looted or set ablaze. 

Boko Haram's six-year insurgency has devastated north-eastern Nigeria, and has spread to Cameroon, Chad and Niger. 

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari gave the military a deadline of the end of the month to defeat the group. 

But the deadline is likely to be extended as Boko Haram is still bombing areas despite losing towns under its control in March.       

BBC