Nigeria Rescues Another Student From 2014 Chibok Kidnapping
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Nigeria Rescues Another Student From 2014 Chibok Kidnapping
In his New Year’s speech, Mr. Buhari said Nigeria had "beaten Boko Haram." "Isolated attacks still occur,
but even the best-policed countries cannot prevent determined criminals from committing terrible acts of terror as we have seen during the past years in Europe, Asia, Middle East, elsewhere in Africa and in America," he said, according to a text of his speech.
4, 2018
DAKAR, Senegal — The Nigerian military said on Thursday
that it had rescued one of the students kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in 2014 from a school in the village of Chibok.
An untold number of people are still being held by Boko Haram, a group
that routinely kills boys and men for refusing to join, conscripts others into its fighting force and turns women and girls into sex slaves and suicide bombers.
Last month, fighters attacked a food convoy heading for a displaced persons camp, killing four people, burning one truck full of food
and stealing another, according to World Food Program officials.
Since the kidnapping, Ms. Pogu’s parents had been forced to flee their home under threat of attack by Boko Haram
and were living in a camp for displaced persons in a remote part of the country.
The military under Mr. Burhari has made gains capturing and killing Boko Haram militants since he took office in 2015.
In his New Year’s speech, Mr. Buhari said Nigeria had "beaten Boko Haram." "Isolated attacks still occur,
but even the best-policed countries cannot prevent determined criminals from committing terrible acts of terror as we have seen during the past years in Europe, Asia, Middle East, elsewhere in Africa and in America," he said, according to a text of his speech.
4, 2018
DAKAR, Senegal — The Nigerian military said on Thursday
that it had rescued one of the students kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in 2014 from a school in the village of Chibok.
An untold number of people are still being held by Boko Haram, a group
that routinely kills boys and men for refusing to join, conscripts others into its fighting force and turns women and girls into sex slaves and suicide bombers.
Last month, fighters attacked a food convoy heading for a displaced persons camp, killing four people, burning one truck full of food
and stealing another, according to World Food Program officials.
Since the kidnapping, Ms. Pogu’s parents had been forced to flee their home under threat of attack by Boko Haram
and were living in a camp for displaced persons in a remote part of the country.
The military under Mr. Burhari has made gains capturing and killing Boko Haram militants since he took office in 2015.