Bring Back Our Girls

• What happened to … the Chibok girls and Boko Haram, Part 2

  On Part 2 of the Global News podcast What happened to…? Erica Vella revisits the abduction of the Chibok girls by Boko Haram.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2021
  
• Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 found with baby

  Nearly 300 girls were kidnapped by the insurgents from a government boarding school in the remote northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014, a mass abduction that shocked the world and brought Boko Haram international attention.

  World

  Jan 5, 2017
  
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• Boko Haram forced out of last enclave: Nigerian president

  The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria's president declared Saturday.

  World

  Dec 24, 2016
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• 100 abducted Chibok girls unwilling to return home, Nigerian leader claims

  The unwilling girls may have been radicalized by Boko Haram or are ashamed to return because they have married extremists and have babies.

  World

  Oct 18, 2016
• How did 21 Chibok schoolgirls get released?

  Conflicting reports emerged Friday about whether the first negotiated release of some Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 involved a ransom payment, a prisoner swap for Islamic extremist commanders, or both.

  World

  Oct 14, 2016
• 21 abducted Chibok girls freed after negotiations with Boko Haram

  Nigerian officials say 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago have been freed.

  World

  Oct 13, 2016
• Boko Haram video of kidnapped Chibok girls offers proof to some parents their kids are still alive

  It's been two years since more than 270 Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria.

  World

  Aug 15, 2016
• 75 per cent of Boko Haram’s child bombers are girls: UNICEF report

  The number of child bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased, with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats, UNICEF said Tuesday.

  World

  Apr 12, 2016
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• Teen in north Cameroon says she is a missing Nigerian schoolgirl

  A teenager who surrendered before carrying out a suicide bombing attack has told authorities she was one of the girls abducted from a Nigerian boarding school.

  World

  Mar 26, 2016
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• Nigerian army rescues 200 girls from Boko Haram, none are abducted schoolgirls

  Nigerian soldiers have rescued 200 girls and 93 women from the Sambisa forest, near Chibok where 276 girls were kidnapped last year.

  World

  Apr 28, 2015