World Dec 27 UN reports abductions, torture, rape as conflict in Congo worsens By Sam Mednick, Associated Press
World Nov 21 U.S. missionaries say 2 of 17 abductees freed in Haiti Two of 17 abducted members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti and are safe, “in good spirits and being cared for,” their Ohio-based church organization announced Sunday. By Harold Isaac, the Associated Press
Politics May 21 Watch News Wrap: House Democrats to join Benghazi investigation In our news wrap Wednesday, Democrats in the House of Representatives have decided to join the latest probe into the attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya. Also, the U.S. deployed 80 troops to Chad in order to help with… By PBS News Hour
World May 14 Watch News Wrap: Anger grows as death toll skyrockets from Turkish coal mine collapse By PBS News Hour
World May 13 Watch U.S. military sends plane to scan for abducted girls in Nigeria Nigeria's government confirmed that a "window of negotiation" is open to Boko Haram with respect to the return of hundreds of teenage girls kidnapped from a school in a remote village. Meanwhile the U.S. began manned surveillance flights over the… By PBS News Hour
May 12 Watch Will Nigeria’s government acknowledge Boko Haram’s prisoner exchange proposal? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 12 Watch Boko Haram releases video of missing girls, seeking trade for prisoners By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 09 Watch How rescuing the abducted Nigerian girls became an international cause By PBS News Hour Nearly a month since the Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a village in Nigeria and made off with more than 300 girls, that country’s government and military have been criticized for failing to do more. Amnesty International has reported that… Continue watching
May 09 ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ photos on Twitter are not of missing Nigerians By Colleen Shalby The photos portray girls in Guinea-Bissau -- more than 1,000 miles away from Nigeria -- who are completely unrelated to more than 200 girls that Boko Haram kidnapped. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Nigeria’s president vows to find missing girls despite disheartening possibilities By PBS News Hour Continue watching