#BringBackOurGirls hashtag swamps social media

BBC Trending has published some facts (as on Tuesday, 13 May 2014) on the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls which has become a massive international campaign after more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in April.

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BBC Trending: #BBCtrending: Five facts about #BringBackOurGirls... Among others, these facts include that #BringBackOurGirls has been used 3.3 million times on Twitter; top countries using it are Nigeria (27%), US (26%) and UK (11%); and the most shared tweet belongs to First Lady Michelle Obama with 57,000 retweets.