Malala calls for 'urgent action' to free Nigerian schoolgirl hostages
LAGOS: Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as they marked 300 days as hostages. “As we...
View ArticleSolidarity in symbols: Responding with light to Paris attacks
Just an hour after a series of attacks rocked Paris on Friday night, the Eiffel Tower went dark in mourning. But the response worldwide was to turn on the light: Three colors began appearing in...
View ArticleMichelle Obama’s hashtag quest to rescue Nigerian girls
Michelle Obama told Americans - and the world - about schoolgirls abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria. But the first lady's awareness campaign has failed - at least in part. The...
View ArticleWorld wounded, angered by Paris terror attacks
Mourners across the globe reacted to the attacks in Paris with tears and anger, but also with colourful shows of solidarity with France. Monuments across the world, from the Sydney Opera House in...
View ArticleChibok People Combed Sambisa Forest Hoping To Rescue Schoolgirls Like Amina...
The successful rescue of Amina Ali Nkeki has prompted a group of Chibok people to comb Sambisa Forest hoping that they would find the remaining schoolgirls who were abducted in April 2014 by terrorist...
View Article82 More Chibok Schoolgirls Freed In Militant Exchange
This picture taken on March 5, 2015 shows an arial view of the burnt-out classrooms of a school in Chibok,in Northeastern Nigeria, from where Boko Haram Islamist fighters seized 276 teenagers in April...
View ArticleArtist Jean Jullien's Eiffel Tower peace sign goes viral after Paris terror...
In the wake of the horrifying terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, many took to social media to express their condolences and concern for the people of the French capital, using hashtags like...
View ArticleFrederica Wilson plans Nigeria trip to push for release of kidnapped schoolgirls
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson announced Sunday that she plans to take her year-long campaign for the release of almost 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls to the West African country. Wilson, D-Miami...
View ArticleWhen were the Chibok schoolgirls released, why were they kidnapped by Boko...
AT least 82 of the 270 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria have been released. The girls had been kept prisoner for three years after being snatched from a school in...
View ArticleFrance's flag flies on social media as people worldwide grieve terror victims
Social media is awash with public buildings lit up in the French colors of blue, white and red as people globally expressed their solidarity with the French after deadly terror attacks in Paris. Users...
View ArticleISIS isn't the world’s deadliest terrorist group. Boko Haram is.
After three attacks in as many weeks — in Paris, Beirut and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula — in which a total of at least 397 people were killed, the world's attention is fixed on the Islamic State and its...
View ArticleNigerian army says it has rescued another Chibok girl
Abuja (AFP) - The Nigerian army on Thursday said another Chibok schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists almost three years ago had been rescued along with her six-month-old baby. Rakiya Abubakar...
View ArticleBoko Haram mystery: Where -- or who -- is African terrorist group's leader?
Of all the terrorist leaders sending out suicide bombers in Africa, Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau is probably the most globally recognizable: Who could forget that leering laugh as he boasted last year...
View ArticleOne year since #BringBackOurGirls: What did it accomplish?
One year after Islamic extremists kidnapped hundreds of young girls from a northeastern Nigerian town, the world still wonders what happened to the 219 girls that are still missing. The event sparked...
View ArticleBoko Haram Calls Girl Hostages ‘Infidels,’ Orders Them To Return To Village
Boko Haram kidnapped the women on January 6th, from Katarko, which is about 12 miles away from the state capital of Damaturu. According to the New York Times, dozens of armed Boko Haram terrorists...
View ArticleFive facts about the missing Chibok schoolgirls
In this file photo taken from video released by Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network, Monday May 12, 2014, shows missing girls abducted from the northeastern town of Chibok. (Source: AP Photo) Two...
View ArticleRemember Boko Haram’s victims, too
On Nov. 13, people from every corner of the world reeled over the horrific attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and injured 350 more. Millions filtered their Facebook profile pictures with the blue,...
View Article'Peace for Paris' symbol goes viral
A "Peace for Paris" symbol, combining the city's beloved Eiffel Tower with the peace sign of the Sixties, has gone viral following the Paris terror attacks. The designer is a 32-year-old French graphic...
View ArticleHashtag fail? #BringBackOurGirls two years on
By Stephanie Findlay Nigerian women living in Kenya, using #bringbackourgirls, campaigning on May 16, 2014 in Nairobi. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File) Lagos (AFP) - More than a week after 276 schoolgirls...
View ArticleThe story behind the 'Peace for Paris' symbol everyone is sharing
Following the news of last night's attacks, people began sharing an image of a peace sign drawn around the Eiffel Tower in a show is support for the people of Paris. Here's a look. The symbol was...
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