Nigeria Ceasefire Agreement and Missing Girls

Publisher:
TV2Africa
Publication Date:
21 October 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Children and Youth, Governance, International Terrorism, Women and Gender

The Nigerian government and the Islamist militant group Boko Haram have agreed to a ceasefire. The government issued an order Friday telling all military chiefs "To comply with the ceasefire agreement in all theaters of operations. Why now and the significance of the agreement are questions on some people's minds. And, what about the missing girls? VOA's Mariama Diallo has our report. Later, for more perspective on this story, joining VOA's Vincent Makori live via Skype from Abuja, Nigeria, is VOA West Africa correspondent Anne Look.

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