Celebrities wanted to #bringbackourgirls
Islamist sect Boko Haram's 2014 kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls attracted international attention, and the #bringbackourgirls campaign went viral on social media. DW looked at celebrities who joined it.
Michelle Obama
The then first lady's daughters were about the same age as the abducted girls. Barack Obama's wife posted this picture on Twitter along with the text: "Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It’s time to #bringbackourgirls. -mo"
Malala Yousafzai
The young Pakistani was shot by the Taliban for attending school, and promoting girls' education. Yousafzai also joined the campaign, telling CNN that the abducted girls are her "sisters" - the name Boko Haram has been translated to "Western education is sin."
Hillary Clinton
The former United States secretary of state started her career working for the Children Defense Fund, and her first scholarly article on "Children Under the Law" is still highly regarded. She called the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls an "act of terrorism."
Anne Hathaway
The award-winning actress has been involved in children's and human rights charities. She and her husband Adam Schulman took part in a rally to support the #bringbackourgirls campaign.
Angelina Jolie
The actress and United Nations special envoy also supported the campaign. "I'm absolutely sickened by it," she said of the kidnapping. "And the thought of them out there right now, terrified and being abused, and sold … it's infuriating, and it kind of goes beyond understanding that somebody could do this," Jolie said on French television.