Man accused in Boko Haram abduction of Chibok girls arrested
Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman accused of "participating actively" in Boko Haram's mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok last year, Nigeria's...
View ArticleDispatches: Return of Chibok Schoolgirl Renews Hope (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) After more than two years, Amina Ali, one of the 276 schoolgirls Boko Haram fighters abducted from a Chibok school in a 2014 attack that sparked lasting international...
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 ArticleMan held over Nigeria girls' kidnap
Nigerian troops have arrested a businessman accused of "participating actively" in Boko Haram's mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls from a town. Defence Ministry s pokesman Major General Chris...
View ArticleBoko Haram May Release More Captive Chibok Schoolgirls in Nigeria
Following the release of 21 out of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 from their school in Nigeria, a faction of the militant group Boko Haram may be willing...
View ArticleParis Attacks: Social media a measure of solidarity
Last Friday night Paris was rocked by multiple terror attacks. By Saturday morning Facebook was awash with profile pictures overlaid with the French flag in solidarity with a city in mourning. What...
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 ArticleThe power — and the impotence — of social media
United Airlines’ travails this week are certainly a sign of the power of social media. But other news shows the stark limit of that power: Friday was the third anniversary of the horror...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
View ArticleWorld sings, lights up in solidarity with wounded France
Stirring renditions of "La Marseillaise" rung out Saturday from Dublin to New York as global landmarks were bathed in the French colours and thousands marched in solidarity with Paris after attacks...
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