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United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers patrol areas affected by the recent attacks by M23 rebels fighters near Rangira in North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 29, 2022. Photo by Djaffar Sabiti/REUTERS

World Dec 27

UN reports abductions, torture, rape as conflict in Congo worsens

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World Nov 21

FILE PHOTO: Haitians strike to protest kidnappings as pressure grows to free missionaries
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

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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…

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News Wrap: Anger grows as death toll skyrockets from Turkish coal mine collapse

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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…

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May 12

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Will Nigeria’s government acknowledge Boko Haram’s prisoner exchange proposal?

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May 12

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Boko Haram releases video of missing girls, seeking trade for prisoners

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May 09

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How rescuing the abducted Nigerian girls became an international cause

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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…

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‘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.

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May 08

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Nigeria’s president vows to find missing girls despite disheartening possibilities

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