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Nigeria: Amnesty - Boko Haram 'Still a Deadly Force'
DW, 14 April 2015
A year ago Islamist militant group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls. The plight of the Chibok girls gained global attention - but Amnesty International says there are… Read more »
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Nigeria: Amnesty Int'l Report - 2,000 Girls and Women Abducted Since 2014
This Day, 15 April 2015
Amnesty International (AI) has released yet another report detailing the gruesome atrocities committed by Boko Haram sect in the North-eastern part of Nigeria. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Abducted 2,000 Women in 2014 - Amnesty International
Leadership, 15 April 2015
A rights group, Amnesty International, has said that Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women and girls since the start of 2014. Read more »
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Nigeria: BringBackOurGirls Still Hopeful One Year On
DW, 13 April 2015
One year ago, more than 200 school girls from Chibok were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants. Parents of the missing girls told DW correspondent in Nigeria, Adrian Kriesch they… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Has Abducted 2,000 Girls - Report
allAfrica, 14 April 2015
Boko Haram militants have abducted upwards of 2,000 girls in the past two years, some of whom have been forced to become child soldiers alongside abducted boys, reports the human… Read more »
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Nigeria: Aisha's Story of Abduction
allAfrica, 14 April 2015
The Amnesty International report on atrocities committed by Boko Haram included the following account from a 19-year old girl: Read more »
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Nigeria: Rape and Forced Marriage By Boko Haram
allAfrica, 14 April 2015
An excerpt from the Amnesty report on Boko Haram atrocities, on rape and forced marriage: Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Our Job Is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill' - Boko Haram's Reign of Terror in North-East Nigeria
allAfrica, 14 April 2015
The Executive Summary of the Amnesty International report released on April 14: Read more »
Boko Haram Fighters Abducted 2,000 Girls, Says Rights Group
On the first anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls in Nigeria, the rights group Amnesty International says Boko Haram has abducted upwards of 2,000 girls during its campaigns in the north-east, and that some girls have been raped, forced into marriage or deployed as child soldiers.
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10 May 2014
Obiageli Ezekwesili Addressing BringBackOurGirls Protest in Abuja
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- Tami Hultman
- Publisher:
- Tami Hultman
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Obiageli Ezekwesili, former Nigerian Minister of Education and World Bank vice president, addressing a BringBackOurGirls protest in Abuja. see more »
The #BringBackOurGirls campaign has lost momentum and support over the last year.
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14 April 2015
'Our job is to shoot, slaughter and kill': Boko Haram’s reign of terror
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- Amnesty International
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At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to ... see more »
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14 April 2015
Boko Haram's Female Fighters
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- Amnesty International
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Video coverage prepared by Amnesty International for the first anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok giris. see more »
Satellite imagery from March 3, 2015 shows an intact hospital facility in Bama, Nigeria. The red indicates healthy vegetation.
Imagery on March 17, 2015 shows major damage to the hospital. The destruction was confirmed to have happened between March 13 and 17. The darker colours indicate burned areas.
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3 April 2015
The War Against Boko Haram
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- Vice News
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Since 2009, the militant Islamist group known as Boko Haram has wreaked havoc in northern Nigeria. Instilling terror through bombings, abductions, and ... see more »
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Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers have killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in Kwajafa village, Borno State. Read more »
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Muhammadu Buhari stated that his government would "spare no effort" to defeat the Boko Haram militant group. Read more »
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The army has claimed a number of victories over Boko Haram militants. Read more »
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Niger and Chad have launched major ground and air strikes in north-east Nigeria, after Boko Haram militants formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic state group in Syria and ... Read more »
