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Tag: Chibok schoolgirls
Over 80 of Nigeria’s “Chibok Girls”...
Three more schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Borno state more than nine years ago were rescued by the Nigerian military this month. In that 2014 incident, Boko Haram raided a public secondary school in the Chibok town and seized nearly three hundred students. Negotiations resulted in the release of many of the girls, but many more are being held captive.
Students, Teachers Avoid Cameroon Border Schools...
This week marks five years since Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls from the village of Chibok. The kidnappings spread fear across the border in Cameroon, where hundreds of schools closed. Authorities have since ordered schools to reopen, but many students and teachers refuse to return
112 Abducted Nigerian School Girls Still...
More than 100 of the Chibok schoolgirls remain in captivity, nearly five years after Boko Haram militants in Nigeria abducted them from their school. President Muhammadu Buhari promised to make the rescue of the girls, and other abductees a top priority. Some have been released. But advocacy groups say Buhari’s government, in its focus on the economy, has largely forgotten the girls who are still being held