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What happened to 10,000 boys kidnapped by Boko Haram?

Season 2016 Episode 2260 | 3m 21s

While the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram gained global infamy in 2014 for kidnapping nearly 300 female students in Nigeria, the group has also abducted 10,000 boys in the last three years. Wall Street Journal reporter Drew Hinshaw, who wrote this week about what happens to these boys after their capture, joins William Brangham in New York.

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