Borno State

• Boko Haram kills 54 with suicide blasts in northeastern Nigeria

  Four suicide bomb attacks Saturday hit the city of Maiduguri killing at least 54 people and wounding 143 in the heartland of Nigeria's northeastern Islamic uprising, police said.

  World

  Mar 7, 2015
  
• Boko Haram kidnapping victims describe abuses, being forced into conflict

  Rape, forced marriage and participation in armed conflict were among the abuses faced by women and girls held in captivity by Boko Haram militants, according to a report released Monday.

  World

  Oct 27, 2014
  
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• Witnesses say 60 more girls and women, 31 boys abducted in Nigeria

  Witnesses say Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2014
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• Nigeria kidnappings: Four girls reunited with families

  Four girls kidnapped by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram more than six weeks ago have been reunited with their parents, according to local news reports.

  World

  May 28, 2014
• Nigeria says it knows girls’ whereabouts, won’t use force to get them

  Nigerian officials know the whereabouts of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but won’t reveal the location and say they won’t use force to rescue them from their militant captors, according to news reports.

  World

  May 27, 2014
• New claim Nigeria schoolgirls left vulnerable to Boko Haram attack

  There's yet another allegation of people in positions of authority leaving hundreds of schoolgirls to fend for themselves as Boko Haram launched an attack on their school in northeastern Nigeria.

  World

  May 12, 2014
• Nigeria kidnappings: Authorities had early warning, Amnesty claims

  Nigerian authorities had an early warning about the Boko Haram attack on a school and mass kidnapping of hundreds of girls, says Amnesty International.

  Canada

  May 9, 2014
• Nigeria kidnappings: MPs to debate response to Boko Haram kidnappings

  Canadian politicians will hold an emergency debate Monday night to discuss the mass kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria.

  Canada

  May 8, 2014
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• Nigeria kidnappings: Canada offers equipment to locate Chibok girls

  Canada has confirmed it will provide surveillance technology to help Nigeria locate hundreds of abducted schoolgirls and their captors, but not without Canadians to operate it.

  Canada

  May 7, 2014
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• How Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls from Chibok

  A Nigerian schoolgirl details her escape from Boko Haram and explains what happened on April 14, when the extremist group attacked her school and kidnapped hundreds of students.

  World

  May 6, 2014