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Boko Haram

A solider with a gun stands on an armored vehicle.
Conflict & Justice
There is ‘a grave hole in the international response’ to violence in Cameroon, IRC says
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Radio Free(ing) Africa
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Ladi, Glory and Mary, three of the escaped Chibok girls, stroll through the gardens of the American University of Nigeria, in Yola, Nigeria. They've received scholarships to go to school at AUN.
Education
Some of the Chibok girls are getting an education and a new future
Bring back our girls red carpet
Conflict
#BringBackOurGirls was a mistake
Kerawa Cameroon Boko Haram
Conflict
Cameroon has been using witchcraft to fight Boko Haram
Members of the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign celebrate news that Boko Haram extremists have released 21 young captives.
Conflict
Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees
Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, a Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after over two years of captivity with Boko Haram militants, presents her child to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria May 19, 2016.
Global Politics
Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president
A local vigilante checks a vehicle at a check point in Michika town, after the Nigerian military recaptured it from Boko Haram, in Adamawa state May 10, 2015.
Conflict
Getting the Chibok girls home is one thing. Knowing what to do with them once they get there is another.
Red ribbons are tied around a tree trunk on the eve of the second anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls in Abuja, Nigeria April 13, 2016.
Conflict
Abducted. Enslaved. In and out of the news for two years. The Chibok girls are still missing.
A satellite image of the U.S. drone base in Garoua, Cameroon.
Conflict
Can the US’ new drone base in Cameroon help fight Boko Haram?
Zara John, 16, holds her baby, with her mother watching in the background.
Conflict
A teen rescued from Boko Haram captivity still pines for her militant husband
A girl and her mother rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest by Nigeria's military arrive at a camp for the displaced.
Conflict
An uncertain welcome awaits hundreds of Nigerian women and girls freed from Boko Haram captivity
These former members of the insurgent group Boko Haram say they've escaped and turned themselves in to Chadian authorities. The army of Chad has intervened in northern Nigeria against the Islamist group.
Conflict
Nigeria’s army may finally have Boko Haram on the run
Protestors with the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" chapter demonstrate at Unity Fountain in Abuja on January 25, 2015.
Conflict
A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram
Supporters of Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his election victory on March 31, 2015. Buhari is the first Nigerian to peacefully oust a sitting president under the country's democratic system.
Global Politics
Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria’s president concedes election defeat
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned against violence ahead of Saturday's presidential election.
Global Politics
Nigeria’s choices for president: a former military ruler or a corrupt incumbent
A Chadian soldier during a battle against insurgent group Boko Haram in Gambaru, Nigeria, February 26th 2015. Gambaru lies on the border with Cameroon.
Conflict
Nations launch an international campaign against Boko Haram, as it pledges allegiance to ISIS
A family that escaped Boko Haram attacks in both Michika and Cameroon seek shelter in an uncompleted house in Adamawa on January 31, 2015.
Conflict
As Boko Haram broadens its war, the group’s massacres become a regional problem
Nigeria, not quite as trendy.
Media
Why no ‘Je suis Charlie’ moment for Boko Haram’s victims?
Satellite image showing the extent of damage in Doron Baga taken on January 7, 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram.
Conflict
Satellite images offer ‘vivid’ evidence of Boko Haram devastation
Police and emergency workers investigate a bombing scene in Kano, Nigeris, on November 29, 2014.
Conflict
Nigerians are ‘desperate’ for intervention as Boko Haram steps up its attacks
Women react during a protest demanding that Nigerian security forces search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.
Conflict
Nigerian girls who escaped from Boko Haram describe their ordeal
Demonstrators hold up a banner during a rally in Abuja that was held to mark the 120th day since the abduction of 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Islamist groups on August 12, 2014.
Conflict
The men tracking down Boko Haram are committing Boko Haram-like atrocities
Malala Yousafzai during trip to Nigeria July 2014
Conflict & Justice
Malala, the girl who survived a Taliban shooting, is in Nigeria to support its kidnapped girls
The #bringbackourgirls campaign continues to resonate globally. Students from an all-girls Catholic school in Manila wore masks last month in solidarity with the kidnapped African school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians still hope for a rescue of their kidnapped girls, even as abductions continue
Conflict & Justice
Our government can’t help the kidnapped schoolgirls, says a Nigerian human rights worker
Nigerian parents
Conflict & Justice
Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit
Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, addresses a protest rally by Nigerians demanding the release of the school girls abducted from the remote village of Chibok. U.S. surveillance aircraft are flying over remote areas of nort
Global Politics
Besides hashtags, what can the US do to help Nigeria’s kidnapped girls?
Conflict & Justice
Is the world ignoring young, black girls?
Women react during a protest demanding security forces to search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians demand that their government do something to #BringBackOurGirls
Women react during a protest demanding security forces to search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians demand that their government do something to #BringBackOurGirls