May 12 Watch Will Nigeria’s government acknowledge Boko Haram’s prisoner exchange proposal? By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
May 12 Watch Boko Haram releases video of missing girls, seeking trade for prisoners By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
May 12 U.S. team assembles to aid search for Nigerian girls By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. team that is in Nigeria assisting the government in its search for nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls is made up of nearly 30 people drawn from the State and Defense departments, as well as the FBI, the… Continue reading
May 12 Video reportedly shows girls abducted by Boko Haram By News Desk The AFP obtained a video on Monday reportedly showing the Nigerian girls being held by Boko Haram. In the video, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram demands the release of imprisoned islamic militants in exchange for the release of… Continue reading
May 10 Watch Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls face serious risks By PBS NewsHour The Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram face serious risks including malaria-carrying mosquitoes, unsafe drinking water and poisonous snakes. That’s according to Michelle Faul of the Associated Press, who spoke with Hari Sreenivasan from Lagos, Nigeria about… Continue watching
May 10 Michelle Obama speaks out on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Michelle Obama on Saturday decried the kidnapping of scores of Nigerian schoolgirls who have been missing for nearly a month and used their plight to speak out for the rights of girls everywhere to get an education. Continue reading
May 09 Watch How rescuing the abducted Nigerian girls became an international cause By PBS NewsHour 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 NewsHour Continue watching
May 08 Watch ‘Slow progress’ for U.S. on addressing terror insurgencies in Africa By PBS NewsHour Continue watching