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Hidden in diaries, untold stories of Boko Haram's female survivors feature in film

Entertainment News Oct 23, 2018

Hidden in diaries, untold stories of Boko Haram's female survivors feature in film

Untold stories of young Nigerian women kidnapped by Boko Haram highlight a documentary debuting on Monday that reveals diaries kept by survivors forbidden from talking about their captivity. The diaries, secretly given to the U.S.-based documentary producers by former captives, detail life under the jihadi ...

Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release

World Aug 29, 2018

Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release

The father of a Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram called on Tuesday for the government to do more to secure her freedom after audio of her begging for help was released. Leah Sharibu, 15, was taken hostage with more than 100 girls in the ...

Nigeria confirms 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack on school

World Feb 26, 2018

Nigeria confirms 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack on school

ABUJA, Nigeria Reuters One hundred and ten girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, the information ministry said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest abductions since the Chibok kidnappings of 2014. The Islamist ...

Nigerian official says abducted schoolgirls were not rescued after all

World Feb 23, 2018

Nigerian official says abducted schoolgirls were not rescued after all

The governor of Nigeria's Yobe state told locals in the village of Dapchi on Thursday that 76 of their schoolgirls who were reported to have been rescued from Islamist Boko Haram kidnappers were in fact still missing. The state government on Wednesday said the schoolgirls ...

First person convicted in relation to Nigeria's Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnap

World / Crime & Legal Feb 15, 2018

First person convicted in relation to Nigeria's Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnap

Nigeria has convicted the first person to be brought to justice for the Chibok girls kidnapping, a crime that made Islamist militant group Boko Haram notorious around the world, the justice ministry said. As part of a mass trial of suspected members of the group, ...

World / Social Issues Feb 2, 2018

Kin fear for safety of abducted Chibok girls as Nigeria bombs Boko Haram's forest hideout

Nigeria must avoid harming the Chibok girls in its reported bombardment of a forest hideout used by the Boko Haram militants who seized them, parents and activists said on Thursday. More than 200 schoolgirls were abducted from Chibok in 2014, and 106 have been found ...

Propaganda counterstrike: Boko Haram airs video of Chibok girls and its chief

World Jan 16, 2018

Propaganda counterstrike: Boko Haram airs video of Chibok girls and its chief

The release of a video purporting to show some of the Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram apparently happy with their lives is a propaganda strike to show the Islamist group is unbowed, security experts said on Monday. The video shows a group of ...

World May 7, 2017

In prisoner swap, Boko Haram frees 82 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria

Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls -- out of a group of more than 200 kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 -- in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said Saturday. Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross helped ...

Nigerian army says Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields while fleeing in forest

World Dec 29, 2016

Nigerian army says Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields while fleeing in forest

Boko Haram fighters fleeing an attack on their base last week may have used some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from northeast Nigeria's Chibok as human shields to prevent being fired upon by fighter jets, a military commander said on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Lucky ...

First Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found in Nigeria: parents' group

World / Crime & Legal May 18, 2016

First Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found in Nigeria: parents' group

The first of more than 200 schoolgirls missing after being kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from Chibok in northeast Nigeria more than two years ago has been found, a parents' spokesman told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Wednesday. Lawan Zannah, secretary of the association of ...

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