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Can Nigeria’s new leader help find the missing schoolgirls?

Season 2015 Episode 1040 | 5m 09s

One year since Boko Haram kidnapped more than Nigerian school girls, most are still missing and the militant group continues to terrorize the region. Gwen Ifill talks to Christopher Fomunyoh of the National Democratic Institute about how the nation has balanced the mission of finding the missing girls and fighting the terrorists, and whether the country’s new president can help.

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