Chibok
Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
By Yonat Shimron — May 6, 2017
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) The kidnapping was one of the high-profile incidents of Boko Haram's insurgency in Nigeria's northeast, now in its eighth year and with little sign of ending.
Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls
By guest — October 13, 2016
The girls were among the 270 taken in 2014 by Boko Haram, which has pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
Hope and frustration mark anniversary of Chibok kidnappings
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 12, 2016
(RNS) The abduction shocked the world and gave rise to the global online campaign #bringbackourgirls. Still, the majority of the girls have never been found.
Nigeria marks one year since Boko Haram kidnapped schoolgirls
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 14, 2015
(RNS) In Chibok, there were high expectations as the military started combing the Sambisa forest, where the militants are believed to have hidden the children.
Don’t forget the Nigerian schoolgirls, or girls’ education (COMMENTARY)
By Christy Vines — November 6, 2014
(RNS) The time for the U.S. to act together with the world to rescue the Nigerian schoolgirls (and those recently abducted) is now.
After kidnapping schoolgirls, Boko Haram takes aim at churches in northeast Nigeria
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 2, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Boko Haram, which church leaders and analysts view as an African variation of the Islamic State, is taking over churches in northeastern Nigeria, beheading men and forcing Christian women to convert to Islam.
Nigerian cardinal: Schoolgirls’ abduction is shameful
By Josephine McKenna — May 7, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “We are all ashamed, terribly ashamed,” said Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, the archbishop of Abuja, in an interview aired on Vatican Radio.
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