Tag: Chibok girls

Talks to free Chibok girls failed three times

September 20, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

The Nigerian government has, for the first time, disclosed its failure to secure the release of girls kidnapped by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram from the northern town of Chibok in April 2014. On 16 September, Nigeria said that negotiations have gone on since July 2015, shortly after President . . . Read More

Chibok girls shown ‘alive’

August 15, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

A video released by the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, appears to show some of the schoolgirls they abducted in April 2014 from the northern Nigerian town of Chibok. The footage begins with a shot of a masked man carrying a gun, who demands the release of militants. Speaking in . . . Read More

Chibok girls’ life with Boko Haram

July 4, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

New details about the ordeal of the Chibok girls at the hands of Boko Haram have now emerged. A month ago, Amina Ali was the first of a group of 219 schoolgirls detained by the radical Islamist group to be rescued, prompting widespread coverage. Yakubu Nkeki, a spokesman for the . . . Read More

Rescued Chibok girl still missing

June 23, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Children, Education, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

“BringBackOurGirls”, an advocacy group which has been campaigning for the safe rescue of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, has expressed concerns over the whereabouts of Amina Ali, the first girl rescued a month ago. On 19 May, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised the government “will do everything possible” to ensure that . . . Read More

Lost, then found, then lost

May 27, 2016 Nigeria Chibok girls, Children, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

On 19 May, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari held a ceremony at the presidential palace to meet Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, the first of the 219 girls kidnapped from their Chibok school in April 2014 . The girl was there with her new baby, and her elderly mother. The three haven’t . . . Read More

Second Chibok girl rescued, says Nigerian army

May 20, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Rape

Nigeria’s army says that it has rescued a second Chibok schoolgirl, two days after rescuing Amina Ali Nkeki, 19, the first of the 219 kidnapped girls to be found alive. “We are glad to state that among those rescued is a girl believed to be one of the Chibok Government . . . Read More

Return of one Chibok girl raises Nigeria’s hopes for the 218 still missing

May 18, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, EYN, Nigeria

The first missing schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram militants two years ago has been rescued. Amina Ali Nkeki was found on Tuesday (17 May) in the Sambisa Forest, close to the border with Cameroon. Her return has now raised the hope that the rest of the 218 missing girls may yet . . . Read More

How to rebuild Nigeria after Boko Haram?

May 17, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Education, Kidnapping, Nigeria

A security summit of regional and Western powers in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has pledged a “global approach” comprising military and developmental efforts to end the threat posed by Boko Haram. Recent military operations by Nigeria and regional forces have led to territorial gains and revealed the scale of devastation. They . . . Read More

Female bomber ‘signature’ weapon of Boko Haram

April 21, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chibok girls, Damasak, Nigeria, Rape, Women

A new report reveals that the kidnapping of 270 Chibok girls in 2014 and the 400 women and children taken from Damasak in Nigeria last year are not isolated cases. It shows Boko Haram’s strategy aimed at using women – some as young as 10 – as suicide bombers in . . . Read More

Some Chibok girls alive, but families’ agony goes on

April 14, 2016 Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria, Stephen Davis, Trauma

The #BringBackOurGirls campaign to raise awareness of the kidnappings is launched in Nigeria, 2014World Watch Monitor Today (14 April) marks two years since the abduction of more than 200 girls from Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. A video now released by the radical Islamist group, Boko . . . Read More

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