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Nigeria: Families Demand Rescue of Chibok Schoolgirls

HeadlineAug 16, 2016

In Nigeria, members of the group Bring Back Our Girls protested in the capital Monday demanding the government do more to rescue the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014. The protest came one day after Boko Haram released a video that appears to show about 50 of the kidnapped girls. In the video, militants demanded the release of imprisoned fighters in exchange for the girls’ release. The video also appears to show the bodies of several girls whom militants say were killed by Nigerian airstrikes.

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