Boko Haram Abductees

Conflicting reports are emerging about whether the first negotiated release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 involved a ransom payment, a prisoner swap for Islamic extremist commanders or both.

More than 410 babies were born in the space of two months in camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the country's main relief agency said today.

The United Nations voiced fears today that rescued women and girls who became pregnant in Boko Haram captivity will face stigmatisation in conservative Nigerians communities, and that their babies could become "untouchable".

Conflicting reports are emerging about whether the first negotiated release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 involved a ransom payment, a prisoner swap for Islamic extremist commanders or both.

More than 410 babies were born in the space of two months in camps for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the country's main relief agency said today.

The United Nations voiced fears today that rescued women and girls who became pregnant in Boko Haram captivity will face stigmatisation in conservative Nigerians communities, and that their babies could become "untouchable".