It is a parent's worst nightmare: Your child goes to school, never to return home. Scores of Nigerians are living that horrific reality after 230 schoolgirls were abducted, allegedly by Boko Haram, under the cover of darkness on April 16. Of the hundreds of girls herded into vehicles, only 43 have escaped. And as their parents wait and hope, the government is grappling with an Islamist terror group that has gotten more brazen. So has its abductions of women and girls in northern Nigeria, the region most affected  by the insurgency. Why does Boko Haram kidnap girls? The Islamist militants' name translates to  "Western education is a sin" in the local language.
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Officials: 187 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a school in Nigeria remain captive
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The abduction is blamed on Boko Haram
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The group's name means  "Western education is sin"
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Rights groups say that the Islamist group has kidnapped girls and women before
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