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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.
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.
Negotiations with Boko Haram a farce, says Catholic priest
By Fredrick Nzwili — October 29, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) “This is a farce and a grand deceit,” said the Rev. John Bakeni, a Roman Catholic priest in Nigeria, speaking of his country's peace negotiations with the Islamist group Boko Haram to release abducted schoolgirls.
Vatican calls for release of kidnapped Nigerian girls
By Josephine McKenna — May 8, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) “The denial of any kind of respect for life and for the dignity of human beings, even the most innocent, vulnerable and defenseless, calls for the strongest condemnation,” the Vatican's chief spokesman said.
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.
Nigerian Christians begin three-day fast after schoolgirls kidnapped
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 22, 2014
(RNS) For five years, the Islamist insurgency known as Boko Haram has unleashed violence in northern Nigeria, but the girls’ abduction is viewed as the most terrifying so far.
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