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Two Teenage Girl 'Bombers' Shot Dead In Nigeria
Two teenage girls wearing explosive vests were shot dead by soldiers in a town in north eastern Nigeria just days after a blast killed 14 worshippers, militia sources told AFP on Tuesday.
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First Of Nigerian Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram Found
The first of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants from Chibok in northeast Nigeria for over two years has been found, a parents' spokesman told Thomson Reuters Foundation today.
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At Least 13 Dead as Nigerian Girls Launch Triple Suicide Bombings
At least 13 people were killed in the Nigerian city of Damaturu today in three suicide attacks carried out by girls as residents prepared for the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, police said.
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'We Will Never Forget You,' Malala Yousafzai Writes to Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
Pakistani teenager and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday told Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants they will never be forgotten and to never lose hope.
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Uganda's Prayers for Missing Nigerian Girls
When Jane Kade saw a story on the news eight months ago about schoolgirls kidnapped by armed men from a boarding school on the other side of Africa, their plight resonated with her deeply.
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Nine Girls Die After Nigeria Boat Capsizes: Official
Nine teenage girls died and three were listed missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northern Nigeria, an emergency services official said on Wednesday.
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One of the Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria's Chibok Freed: Police
One of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram rebels in the northeastern Nigerian village of Chibok was freed this week, police and a parent of some of the other missing girls said on Thursday.
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Boko Haram Abducts 60 Women, Girls in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized.
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US Says United Nations Approves Sanctions on Boko Haram
The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions against the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, the United States said Thursday.
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80 US Air Force Personnel on Ground in Chad
A U.S. military spokesman says that the 80 personnel deployed to Chad to help find nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian school girls are from the Air Force and have already begun their mission.
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Cannes 2014: Bring Back Our Girls, Say The Expendables
The "Bring Back Our Girls" message has made its way to the Cannes red carpet for the second night in a row.
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Nelson Mandela's Widow Calls on Nigerian Government to Find Kidnapped Girls
Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel has broken a customary mourning period to call on the Nigerian government and international community to do more to find the 200-plus schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
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Nigerian Girl Describes Kidnap, 276 Still Missing
Boko Haram, the name means "Western education is sinful," has claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping and threatened to sell the girls.
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US Trying to Help Find Nigerian Girls: White House
The White House says the United States is doing what it can to help find and free nearly 300 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists.
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Over 200 abducted girls forced to marry Nigerian extremists
Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civil society group reported on Wednesday.
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Two Teenage Girl 'Bombers' Shot Dead In Nigeria
Two teenage girls wearing explosive vests were shot dead by soldiers in a town in north eastern Nigeria just days after a blast killed 14 worshippers, militia sources told AFP on Tuesday.
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First Of Nigerian Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram Found
The first of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants from Chibok in northeast Nigeria for over two years has been found, a parents' spokesman told Thomson Reuters Foundation today.
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At Least 13 Dead as Nigerian Girls Launch Triple Suicide Bombings
At least 13 people were killed in the Nigerian city of Damaturu today in three suicide attacks carried out by girls as residents prepared for the Eid festival at the end of Ramadan, police said.
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'We Will Never Forget You,' Malala Yousafzai Writes to Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
Pakistani teenager and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday told Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants they will never be forgotten and to never lose hope.
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Uganda's Prayers for Missing Nigerian Girls
When Jane Kade saw a story on the news eight months ago about schoolgirls kidnapped by armed men from a boarding school on the other side of Africa, their plight resonated with her deeply.
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Nine Girls Die After Nigeria Boat Capsizes: Official
Nine teenage girls died and three were listed missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northern Nigeria, an emergency services official said on Wednesday.
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One of the Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria's Chibok Freed: Police
One of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram rebels in the northeastern Nigerian village of Chibok was freed this week, police and a parent of some of the other missing girls said on Thursday.
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Boko Haram Abducts 60 Women, Girls in Northeast Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in northeast Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized.
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US Says United Nations Approves Sanctions on Boko Haram
The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions against the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, the United States said Thursday.
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80 US Air Force Personnel on Ground in Chad
A U.S. military spokesman says that the 80 personnel deployed to Chad to help find nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian school girls are from the Air Force and have already begun their mission.
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Cannes 2014: Bring Back Our Girls, Say The Expendables
The "Bring Back Our Girls" message has made its way to the Cannes red carpet for the second night in a row.
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Nelson Mandela's Widow Calls on Nigerian Government to Find Kidnapped Girls
Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel has broken a customary mourning period to call on the Nigerian government and international community to do more to find the 200-plus schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
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Nigerian Girl Describes Kidnap, 276 Still Missing
Boko Haram, the name means "Western education is sinful," has claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping and threatened to sell the girls.
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US Trying to Help Find Nigerian Girls: White House
The White House says the United States is doing what it can to help find and free nearly 300 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Islamic extremists.
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Over 200 abducted girls forced to marry Nigerian extremists
Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civil society group reported on Wednesday.
