Kidnapped Schoolgirl

• 11 Parents of Nigeria's Abducted Girls Die

  About a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls will never see their daughters again.

• 'Good News' Soon on Kidnapped Girls: Nigeria

  Nigeria's National Council of State is promising to deliver "some good news" very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.

• UN Envoy Gordon Brown Vows New School for Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

  UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by Islamist militants will be rebuilt, as he visited Nigeria for talks on boosting security.

• Nigerian Schoolgirls Face Rape Danger: UN Official

  The more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants "definitely" face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict has said.

• Nigerian Police Retract Apparent Ban on Schoolgirls Protests

  Nigerian police said on Tuesday that protesters were free to march in the capital Abuja, after an uproar over comments by the police commissioner in which he appeared to ban demonstrations over more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by rebels.

• Boko Haram Still Holding 219 Girls, After Escape of Four More Reported

  Four more of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month have escaped than previously thought, Nigeria's Borno state said on Wednesday, but 219 others were still missing and assumed held by the Islamist militants.

• Nigeria ex-President Obasanjo Holds Talks to Free Schoolgirls

  Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in an attempt to broker the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants, a source close to the talks told AFP.

• Boko Haram Shows Changing al Qaeda Threat

  The kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls last month has sparked global outrage, launched an international manhunt and instantly turned an obscure West African militant group into a household name in the United States. And it has raised a central question: Does the rapidly growing number of al Qaeda splinter groups pose as much of a thre...

• US Cannot Confirm Nigerian Claim to Have Located Kidnapped Girls

  The United States said on Tuesday it does not have information that would support Nigeria's claim that it knows the whereabouts of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, and US and European officials voiced skepticism about the statement.

• Bill Clinton Speaks Out Against Nigerian Kidnappings

  Former President Bill Clinton on Thursday called on people across the world to speak out against the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian girls, highlighting violence against women, climate change and economic inequality as areas where those in America and abroad must come together.

• US Deploys Troops to Chad in Search of Abducted Nigerian Girls

  The US has deployed about 80 troops to Chad in hunt for more than two hundred schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria, US President Barack Obama has said.

• Boko Haram Kidnappers 'Despicable': IMF's Christine Lagarde

  International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has branded Boko Haram, the Nigerian insurgents who kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, "despicable".

• Nigeria, Neighbours 'Declare War' on Boko Haram Over Abducted Girls

  Nigeria and its neighbours vowed on Saturday to join forces against Boko Haram under an accord described as a declaration of war on the Islamic militants holding more than 200 schoolgirls.

• Outcry as Nigeria's Jonathan Scraps Visit to Abducted Girls' Town

  Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday cancelled a visit to the hometown of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants, provoking fresh criticism of his handling of the crisis.

• Gunmen Raze Two Schools in North Nigeria: Police

  A group of gunmen razed two schools in Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, where Boko Haram gunmen previously attacked a girls' school, a police spokesman said on Thursday.