Nigeria: Govt Claims Talks 'Inching Closer' With Boko Haram

19 October 2014

Nigeria's government claims it is close to securing the release of 219 school girls kidnapped in April. More talks with Boko Haram fighters are planned this week.

Despite five attacks killing dozens of people in northeastern Nigeria since Friday, the government claims that the release of 219 school girls kidnapped in April could come within a matter of days.

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