Nigerian State Says Most Abducted Schoolgirls Still Missing

Nigeria's northeast Borno state said on Thursday only 20 of up to 129 schoolgirls abducted by Isl...  More »

Nigeria's northeast Borno state said on Thursday only 20 of up to 129 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels were back with their parents, casting doubt on a military claim to have freed most of them. Monday's mass abduction of the schoolgirls aged between 15 and 18 shocked Nigeria. The raid on the Chibok school showed how the five-year-old Boko Haram insurgency has brought lawlessness to swathes of the semi-arid, poor region. Hundreds of people have been killed in violence in recent months.  « Less