Nigeria: Forced Mass Abortions Are a New and Disturbing Phenomenon in Nigeria

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, since 2013, the Nigerian military has run a secret mass abortion programme in the north-east of the country, where it is at war with the militant Islamic organisation Boko Haram. Ten thousand women were allegedly affected - the report claims the women had been raped and impregnated by Boko Haram insurgents. The military has denied the allegations. Reproductive h