Nigeria: Fears Over Ceasefire - How We Brokered Nigeria/Boko Haram Deal - Chad

26 October 2014

Chad said it believed Nigeria's secret deal with Boko Haram Islamists to free over 200 kidnapped schoolgirls would go ahead despite the breakdown of a truce, and revealed the key to the agreement was a prisoner swap.

The accord mediated by Chad for the release of the girls seized from Chibok, Borno State in April has been called into question since it was announced by the Nigerian military a fortnight ago. A ceasefire supposed to be part of the agreement has been broken, and a further 25 girls were abducted last week.

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