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Bring Back Our Girls

A girl and her mother rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest by Nigeria's military arrive at a camp for the displaced.

An uncertain welcome awaits hundreds of Nigerian women and girls freed from Boko Haram captivity

Conflict

Nigeria’s military has secured the release of hundreds of women and girls captured by Boko Haram. Many of those rescued are pregnant.

These former members of the insurgent group Boko Haram say they've escaped and turned themselves in to Chadian authorities. The army of Chad has intervened in northern Nigeria against the Islamist group.

Nigeria’s army may finally have Boko Haram on the run

Conflict
Students pose with placards as they join a march to mark the one-year anniversary of the mass kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok by Boko Haram militants, in Abuja April 14, 2015.

Nigerians voted for change, but that doesn’t mean their new leader will bring back their girls

Global Politics
Protestors with the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" chapter demonstrate at Unity Fountain in Abuja on January 25, 2015.

A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram

Conflict
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.

In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died

Conflict & Justice
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.

In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died

Conflict & Justice

It’s been 100 days since the militant group Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian school girls. Since the abductions, at least 11 of the girls’ parents have died. President Goodluck Jonathan met today with some of the surviving parents,as Nigerian journalist Chude Jideonwo explains

Could all the attention to #BringBackOurGirls backfire and empower Boko Haram?

Conflict & Justice

The abducted Nigerian girls remain front-and-center for the international media. But Zeynep Tufekci of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill warns that all the global attention could backfire and end up empowering Boko Haram.

Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.

How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims

Conflict & Justice

A US team of military advisers is on the ground in Nigeria to help in the search for more than 200 schools girls abducted more than three weeks ago. Fatima Zanna Gana — one of the leaders of Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign — says some Nigerians are worried about just what the international presence will mean.

Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.

How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims

Conflict & Justice

A US team of military advisers is on the ground in Nigeria to help in the search for more than 200 schools girls abducted more than three weeks ago. Fatima Zanna Gana — one of the leaders of Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign — says some Nigerians are worried about just what the international presence will mean.