Kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu appeals for rescue in audio recording, say reports
Morning Star News In an audio recording revealed this week, kidnapped Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu appeals to the government of Nigeria to win her release from Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, according to several published sources. Boko Haram released more than 100 schoolgirls about four weeks after kidnapping them on 19th February but held Leah, […]
‘Be patient’ Chibok parents tell families of Nigeria’s latest kidnap victims
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yakubu Nkeki knows just what to say when he meets the parents of 110 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northeastern town of Dapchi last month. His daughter was among some 220 Chibok girls abducted by the insurgents in 2014, which shot Nigeria’s nine-year-old conflict with Boko Haram […]
Fresh Boko Haram abductions threaten gains for girls’ education in Nigeria
Thomson Reuters Foundation The kidnapping of dozens more schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram militants could undermine efforts to keep girls in schools and threaten progress on women’s education in the region, experts said on Friday. At least 76 schoolgirls from the village of Dapchi were snatched by a faction of the Islamist group […]
Nigeria records first conviction over Chibok girls kidnapping
World Watch Monitor Some 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok in north-east Nigeria in 2014. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A man involved in the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria in 2014 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Haruna Yahaya, 35, is the first member of the radical […]
Boko Haram “Chibok girls” video a propaganda counter-strike, say analysts
Thomson Reuters Foundation 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 about 12 teenage girls and young women, […]
Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
RNS/Reuters A girl holds a sign during a march to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok by Boko Haram militants, in Abuja on 14th April, 2015. PICTURE: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more […]
Escaped Chibok schoolgirl calls on international community not to forget those still in captivity
A Nigerian schoolgirl who managed to escape from Boko Haram militants after being kidnapped from her Chibok school in 2014 has called on the international community to remember those still in captivity. The abduction of 276 schoolgirls in the north-eastern town of Chibok in April, 2014, by Islamist militants caused a global outcry – including […]
Boko Haram releases 21 Chibok girls, says Nigerian President’s spokesman
World Watch Monitor Boko Haram has released 21 of the girls kidnapped in Chibok in April, 2014, to the Nigerian Army in Maidugiri, capital of Borno state (where the Islamist group has been strongest), according to the Nigerian President’s spokesman. This has not yet been independently confirmed. It’s been two-and-a-half years since 275 schoolgirls were […]