The government of the Nigerian state of Borno has identified by name the 53 girls who escaped from Islamic militants.
The move is generating concern the girls could be stigmatized now that their names are public.
Militants abducted more than 300 girls from a school last month and some 276 remain missing.
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American officials are arriving in Nigeria to assist the government to find and rescue them while Canada has confirmed it will provide surveillance technology to help Nigeria locate the missing girls.
The kidnappings sparked outrage and protests around the world.
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Boko Haram has reportedly killed more than 1,500 people so far this year. The group aims to impose Islamic law on Africa’s most populous nation, which has 170 million people equally divided between Christian and Muslim.
On Wednesday, Michelle Obama joined the voices worldwide calling for the safe return of kidnapped schoolgirls.
The first lady packaged her tweet with a photo of herself in the White House holding a white piece of paper with the message “#BringBackOurGirls” written in black, capital letters.
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