Nigerian girls
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Boko Haram Kidnaps Hundreds, Tells Stories of Chibok Girls
CHIKA ODUAH, Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding…
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Desperate Parents of 200 Abducted Nigerian Girls Say They Have Turned to U.N.
Julia Payne, REUTERS ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters)—Parents of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist rebels in April said they were…
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Nigerian Claims of Boko Haram Cease-Fire Hurt by Violence
(Business Week) – Persistent violence in northeast Nigeria is undermining the government’s claims to have brokered a cease-fire with Islamist…
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Boko Haram Crisis: Nigerian Soldiers ‘Mutiny Over Weapons’
(BBC) – A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive…
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Boko Haram Takes Nigeria Town, Resident Says
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant group seized the northeastern town of…
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63 Abducted Females Escape Extremists in Nigeria
Haruna Umar and Michelle Faul, ASSOCIATED PRESS MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted…
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Nigerian Ex-President: Some Abducted Schoolgirls May Never Return
(Reuters) – Some of the schoolgirls abducted by militant group Boko Haram may never return home, Nigeria’s influential former…
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Nigeria’s Leader Vows to Bring Girls Home
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader vowed on Thursday to “do everything possible to bring our…
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Obama: 80 US Troops in Chad Seeking Abducted Girls
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help locate the nearly 300…
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Why has the Nigerian Military Failed to Recover the Abducted Girls?
(The Washington Post) – They stood in the sun, sweating. They clutched homemade guns. Some had poisoned-tipped spears. Others…
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