Boko Haram militants have seized the town in north-eastern Nigeria that nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped from in April. The Islamic extremists entered Chibok, in Borno state, on Thursday evening, forcing thousands of people to flee as they shot from pickup trucks and motorcycles. "Nobody can tell you what is happening there today because everybody is just trying to escape with their lives," Bana Law chairman of the Chibok local government. Mixed reports indicate the insurgents appear to have attacked the predominantly Christian enclave after fighting in...
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