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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Chibok - The Untold Story

#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtags alone will not safeguard women’s lives and rights

It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many others remain missing or feared dead.

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OPINION - Edna O’Brien was an Irish great — and a Londoner

The opening sentence of Girl, Edna O’Brien’s last novel is, I think, unforgettable: “I was a girl once, but not any more...” And from there O’Brien, who died on Saturday, takes the reader into the unimaginable horror of the abduction and rape of the Chibok schoolgirls by the Islamist group,…

Evening Standard

Nigerian Soldiers Rescue Abducted Chibok Schoolgirl After Decade

Nigerian soldiers rescue Lydia Simon, a Chibok abduction survivor after 10 years, along with her children. Concerns raised over lack of dedicated military ...

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#BringBackOurGirls fought to keep global attention on Nigeria’s stolen Chibok girls. Ten years on it is still fighting

The campaign that came to prominence when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their classes in 2014 has had an impact beyond its first rallying cries

The Guardian - UK

A decade after Chibok kidnappings, Nigeria struggles to halt child abductions

Jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls on the night of April 14, 2014, from a school in Chibok, some 80 of whom have never been freed. Hundreds more children have since been abducted, with the Nigerian government seemingly powerless to stop the militants and criminal gangs behind the kidnappings.

France 24

Nigeria’s Chibok girls kidnapping: 10 years later, a struggle to move on

In 2014, Rabiat and 275 other schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram in the town of Chibok. Dozens are still missing.

Al Jazeera

Ten years on from Chibok, what happened to the 276 Nigerian girls snatched from their school?

While some were freed or escaped, the authorities’ waning interest and ongoing mass abductions by militants has left campaigners and families of missing pupils in despair

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10 Years After Chibok, Agony Of Abductions Plagues Nigeria

Ten years have passed but whenever Mary Shettima hears footsteps at the door, she thinks her kidnapped daughter has come home.

International Business Times

For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror

Ten years after the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, kidnapping in Nigeria continues to rise. Nearly 1,000 people were kidnapped in the first three months of 2024. Here is one family's story.

WEKU

10 Years On: Chibok Kidnapping Victims Still Missing

A decade after the Chibok kidnapping, Nigeria grapples with ongoing challenges in school safety and the plight of missing girls.

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Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after Chibok abductions

Nigeria, with one of the strongest armies in the region, battles to tackle insecurity putting vulnerable groups at risk.

Al Jazeera

10 years after Chibok, Nigeria's mass kidnappings return with a vengeance

In just a week there have been two mass kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of women and children have been kidnapped in recent days in Africa's most populous country.

WEKU

DR Congo's displaced phone home

In Rutshuru, DR Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross has set up phone booths to help displaced families track down those left behind in combat zones. Also, a new film is out in France that focuses on the Senegalese tirailleurs, a corps of colonial infantry in the French…

France 24

How men can help by becoming allies in the push for equality

As self-described misogynist, Andrew Tate, finds himself in jail, Annette Young talks to Sophie Gallagher, the UK author of 'How Men Can Help' about the dire need for men to become allies in making the world a more equal place. Also how Nepal is one of the most dangerous countries…

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The Independent UK

‘I think of them’: Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remembered

On April 14, 2014, fighters for the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram stormed a school in the Chibok community of Nigeria's Borno state and abducted 276 girls who had been preparing for science exams

The Conversation

Chibok kidnappings: why it's important to listen to the survivors of Boko Haram terrorism

In 2009 a once quiet local Salafi group called Boko Haram became increasingly violent in north-east Nigeria and border communities of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Its quest to forbid western education in the heavily Islamic region has led to the kidnapping of many school children, the slaughter of an estimated…

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‘A very sad day’: Parents of Nigeria’s missing Chibok girls demand action eight years after kidnapping

More than 100 girls are still missing after being abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 and many parents are concerned that the Nigerian government has lost interest in their plight, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

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