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Missing Nigeria Schoolgirls
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The kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria by Islamist extremists Boko Haram has sparked global outrage and an online campaign, Bring Back Our Girls.
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'I Jumped': One Woman's Story of Escape from Boko Haram
Ann Curry
Seven months ago, Mercy Paul was one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram. Today she's free and living in Oregon.
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Dozens Killed in Attack on Nigerian Market
Eyewitnesses told Reuters that a woman had entered the roadside trading area behind the city's main market before blowing herself up.
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They're Back: Militants Overrun #BringBackOurGirls Town
The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has attacked and seized the town where it kidnapped more than 200 girls in April, local lawmakers said Friday.
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Boko Haram via AFP - Getty Images, file
#BringBackOurGirls Victims Were Married Off: Boko Haram
The leader of Nigeria's Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government.
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Raped and Enslaved: Boko Haram Victims Recount Horrors
Hundreds of girls captured by Nigeria's Islamist sect Boko Haram have been subjected to rape, forced labor and coerced participation in ambushes.
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Olamikan Gbemiga / AP file
Boko Haram Kidnaps Dozens More Young Girls
Robert Windrem
U.S. officials confirm that the terror group abducted as many as 60 girls and women just a day after the Nigerian government announced a ceasefire.
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MacJohn Akende / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Hope Fades for Girls' Release After New Attacks Kill Dozens
A wave of violence erupted hours after Nigeria's government announced a truce with Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram via AFP - Getty Images, file
Skepticism Greets Boko Haram Cease-Fire Claim
Bill Neely
Nigerian defense official's announcement seen as either wishful thinking or a political ploy to benefit President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Olamikan Gbemiga / AP, file
'Heavily Traumatized' #BringBackOurGirls Victim Found
One of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by a brutal Nigerian terrorist group has been found wandering in the bush, police said Friday.
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AFP - Getty Images
African Terror: Boko Haram Declares Its Own Caliphate
Robert Windrem
Terror group's leader Abubakr Shekau extends his bloody reign of terror over bigger swathe of country as government forces flee.
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THOMAS MUKOYA / Reuters
Is This the World's Most Insensitive Political Campaign?
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was on Wednesday forced to call for the removal of posters capitalizing on the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
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Boko Haram via AFP - Getty Images file
Nigeria's Boko Haram Stages Fresh Mass Kidnapping
The attack on Doron Baga was first reported by Reuters eyewitnesses and confirmed to NBC News by Khalifa Ahmed Zanna.
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ISAAC BABATUNDE / AFP - Getty Images
100 Days, 219 Missing Girls: Boko Haram Won't Relent
Exactly 100 days after Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by by Islamic extremists Boko Haram, 219 of them were still missing.
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Boko Haram via AFP - Getty Images
Boko Haram Leader Mocks #BringBackOurGirls
The group's leader Abubakar Shekau released a video mocking the hashtag supported by Michelle Obama and others.
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Boko Haram Mocks #BringBackOurGirls in New Video
In a new video, Boko Harama mocks the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, and demands that the Nigerian government release members of their group imprisoned in Nigeria. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
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Olamikan Gbemikan / AP
Malala Visits Nigeria to Fight for Kidnapped Girls
Malala is visiting Nigeria to pledge support for finding 200 missing girls.
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SAMUEL JAMES / The New York Times via Redux
Deadly Networks: African Militants Trade Terror Tips
Sigi de Vos
The influence of Islamist sects such as Boko Haram and al Shabaab threatens to engulf central Africa in religious violence, an expert warns.
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Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters
Nigerian Nightmare: Boko Haram Eyed in Attacks
Boko Haram has been identified as the perpetrator of attacks on a Nigerian military base and a rural mosque as it continues its violence in Nigeria.
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Boko Haram via AFP - Getty Images, file
Businessman Arrested Over Schoolgirls' Abduction
A Nigerian businessman has been arrested on suspicion of heading a Boko Haram intelligence cell that helped in the abduction of 200 school girls.
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AFOLABI SOTUNDE / Reuters
U.S. Reduces Flights Searching For Nigerian Girls
U.S. officials have stressed that information from surveillance flights has not answered many questions about the girls' whereabouts.
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via GlobalPost
Nigerian Singer Offers Virginity for Abducted Girls
Emily Lodish
Adokiye says she would give up her virginity in return for the release of the more than 200 girls Boko Haram kidnapped in mid-April.
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REINNIER KAZE / AFP - Getty Images
Nigeria Probes Another Possible Mass Kidnapping
Officials are looking into reports that militant Islamists raided villages over the weekend, source tells Reuters.
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At Least 8 Killed, 20 Hurt in Nigeria College Blast
Bombing and attacks by Islamist insurgents happen almost daily in Nigeria's north, but it wasn't clear if the militants were behind the attack.
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AFOLABI SOTUNDE / Reuters
More Than 200 Girls Still in Boko Haram's Hands
More than two months have passed since the Islamic militant group kidnapped the girls from their school.