US planes search for Nigerian girls

The US reveals it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

BBC

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

20 May

Nigerian military a tricky partner for West on hostage search

Culture clashes and concerns over sovereignty will undermine efforts by foreign experts to help Nigeria’s military find the schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram but cooperation can work, experts said on Friday.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Eight more Nigerian girls abducted

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped eight girls in northern Nigeria, following last month's mass abduction, police say.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Abducted Nigerian girls 'seen alive'

More than 50 of the girls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria last year were seen alive three weeks ago, a woman tells the BBC.

 

9 years ago

BBC

02 Oct

Five girls 'bomb Nigerian city'

Five young girls were behind a series of deadly explosions in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Thursday evening, security sources say.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Nigerian teachers protest over girls

Nigeria's teachers are holding a day of protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Boko Haram militants last month.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Abducted Nigerian girls 'recognised'

Relatives and friends of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls identify some of them from a video released by Boko Haram Islamist militants.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Seized Nigerian girls 'taken abroad'

Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states, a local leader tells the BBC.

 

11 years ago

BBC

US joins hunt for Nigerian girls

A team of US experts is sent to Nigeria to help find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Abducted Nigerian girls still missing

Security forces in Borno State in Nigeria are searching for 100 teenage girls abducted by suspected members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

 

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