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Boko Haram frees 49 women kidnapped in Nigeria's Borno state
Reuters via AOL· 9 months agoForty-nine women kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier in the week near Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, regained their freedom early on Friday after a state official paid a ransom ...
Ten years after Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls, nearly a third remain missing
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe girls' plight – and such a blatant attack on female education – was condemned around the world -...
Nigeria to free 313 suspected Boko Haram insurgents for lack of evidence
Reuters via AOL· 2 months agoNigeria's military will free more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes, a defence ...
Hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, are rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHundreds of hostages, mostly children and women, who were held captive for months or years by Boko...
Mozambican terror group is strikingly similar to Nigeria's deadly Boko Haram
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMozambican Armed Defence Forces being inspected in Cabo Delgado Province. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via...
Chibok girl rescued after 10 years in Boko Haram captivity
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant...
‘I think of them’: Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remembered
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMargret Yama’s phone screensaver is a picture of her cousin, Rifkatu Galang, who is still held by...
A decade on, tragedy of Nigeria’s Chibok Girls endures outside the spotlight
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTen years ago, Solomon Maina's daughter, Debora, was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their...
Troops in Nigeria sent to free 300 kidnapped schoolchildren
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Nigerian army has been brought in as Africa's most populous country battles a tide of mass...
Mass kidnappings show Nigerian officials have lost control, expert says
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJohannesburg — "In the past 10 years we have seen more than 17 mass kidnappings. It's a bad record...