Nigeria: Fate of Chibok Girls Still Uncertain

20 October 2014

Fresh violence in northern Nigeria has dashed hopes of a ceasefire with the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram. Nigerians are doubtful whether the Chibok girls, kidnapped six months ago, will be released.

"Hope Rising" reads the slogan on the T-shirt of a Chibok girls' activist. Every weekend a group of protestors gather in Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos to call for the release of the kidnapped girls. On Friday (17.10.2014), Nigeria's armed forces chief, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, announced a ceasefire with Boko Haram, which purportedly included the release of 219 girls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok.

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