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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
Folorunsho Alakija
Economics
Sorry, Oprah. You’re not No. 1 anymore.
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
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
What's left of the state boarding school in Chibok, a remote town in northeast Nigeria Borno State. On April 14, Boko Haram militants raided the school on April 14th in search of food. They found the girls and kidnapped them. More than 200 are still missi
Conflict & Justice
The town where the Nigerian girls were kidnapped is the heartland of Boko Haram
Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on May 21, 2014. Rose is one of the more than 200 of her classmates on April 14 by Boko Hara
Conflict & Justice
US forces are helping Nigeria — but there are limits to what they’ll do
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
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
A protester outside the Nigerian Embassy in London holds a sign as she demonstrates against the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria three weeks ago. There's been a world-wide outcry about the abductions carried about the Islamist militant group Boko Har
Conflict & Justice
A Nigerian official defends his government’s response to the crisis over the kidnapped girls
A protester outside the Nigerian Embassy in London holds a sign as she demonstrates against the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria three weeks ago. There's been a world-wide outcry about the abductions carried about the Islamist militant group Boko Har
Conflict & Justice
A Nigerian official defends his government’s response to the crisis over the kidnapped girls
Boko Haram
Conflict & Justice
Many of the girls who escaped Boko Haram in Nigeria are so traumatized they can’t even speak
Global Politics
Nigeria’s General Strike Called Off