ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families Saturday as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters’ lives. Brightly dressed families rushed through the crowd in the capital, Abuja, and embraced. One small […]
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Nigerian President ‘Delighted’ to Meet Newly Freed 82 Chibok Schoolgirls
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy at meeting Sunday with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed after being held captive for three years by Boko Haram Islamic extremists. “We’ve always made it clear that we will do everything in our power to ensure the freedom & safe return of our daughters” […]
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Timeline: Nigeria’s Chibok Girls, Kidnapped by Boko Haram
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — It has been nearly three years since Boko Haram extremists abducted almost 300 Chibok schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria, shocking the world. Almost 200 of the girls remain captive. On Thursday, Nigeria’s army announced that soldiers had found one of the schoolgirls wandering in the bush near the Islamic extremist group’s forest […]
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Nigeria Finds Chibok Girl Kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military says soldiers have found one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram nearly three years ago wandering in the bush near the Islamic extremist group’s forest stronghold. One of the kidnapped girls celebrates with tears of joy as she is reunited with her family, (AP Photo) Nearly 300 […]
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Nigeria Officials Stop Free Chibok Girls Being Home for Xmas
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Kidnapped girls freed from more than two years of captivity by Boko Haram Islamic extremists were prevented by Nigerian officials from spending Christmas at home with their families, relatives said Tuesday. The news raised questions about Nigeria’s handling of the 21 girls freed in October through negotiation mediated by the Swiss […]
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Nigeria’s President: Boko Haram is Crushed, Forced Out of Last Enclave
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria’s president declared Saturday. FILE – In this Wednesday April 8, 2015 file photo, Nigerian soldiers man a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria. The Boko Haram […]
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Nigeria Says 21 of Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls are Freed
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials say 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago have been freed. In this undated image taken from video distributed Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, an alleged Boko Haram soldier standing in front of a group of girls alleged to be some of the 276 […]
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Nigeria Marks 2nd Anniversary of Kidnap of Chibok Girls
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — With marches, chants and prayers, Nigerians marked Thursday’s painful second anniversary of the mass abduction of the Chibok girls, still angry and frustrated the teenagers have not been found but hopeful a new video might lead to their safe return. This Monday May 12, 2014 file image taken from video by Nigeria’s Boko […]
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Boko Haram Kidnaps Hundreds, Tells Stories of Chibok Girls
YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of night, protests broke out worldwide. The U.S. pledged to help find them, and the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag was born. Some 10 months later, most are still missing. The Boko Haram extremist group sees […]
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63 Females Abducted in Nigeria 2 Weeks Ago Escape
Nigerian girls kidnapped by the Boko. (Courtesy Photo:BringBackOurGirls/Facebook) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday, though more than 200 girls who were kidnapped in April remain missing. Nigerian security forces and federal government officials had denied reports […]