Boko Haram Captives

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  United Nations Welcomes Chibok Girls' Release, Urges All Be Freed

  The United Nations on Monday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls in a prisoner swap after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity and urged others be freed.

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  Nearly 50 More Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram: Nigeria

  Up to 50 Chibok schoolgirls were released by Islamist Boko Haram militants on Saturday after more than three years in captivity, a Nigerian government spokesman said, the largest group yet to be freed after years of tense negotiations.

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  Captive Chibok Girls: 'Bargaining Chip' Of Boko Haram Insurgency

  The terrorist group has claimed more than 20,000 deaths, displaced 2.6 million people from their homes, and kidnapped thousands of children since it started fighting in 2009 for an independent ISIS in Nigeria.

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  Captive Nigerian Schoolgirls Died In Air Strikes, Claims Boko Haram In Video

  Boko Haram today claimed that among the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, kidnapped by the terrorist group two years ago, some were killed in government air strikes.

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  Nigeria Must Do More For Boko Haram Kidnap Victims: UN

  UN human rights experts on Friday urged Nigeria to increase its efforts to help women and children after they have been freed from captivity by Boko Haram in the country's conflict-riven northeast.

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  UN Fears Stigmatisation of Rescued Boko Haram Abductees

  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".

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  Video Shows Boko Haram Killing Captives

  A new video from Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dorm, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are "infidels" or non-believers.

• 'Good News' Soon on Kidnapped Girls: Nigeria

  Nigeria's National Council of State is promising to deliver "some good news" very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.

• Two Months in Captivity for Nigerian Schoolgirls

  Here is a snapshot of developments since the kidnapping in northeastern Nigeria two months ago of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Islamist group Boko Haram.

• Nigerian Schoolgirls Face Rape Danger: UN Official

  The more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants "definitely" face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict has said.

• Nigerian Police Ban Protests Over Kidnapped Girls

  Nigerian police said Monday they have banned protests in the capital demanding that the government rescue more than 200 girls still held captive by Boko Haram militants.

• Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls Start Second Month in Captivity

  More than 200 schoolgirls on Wednesday began their second month as Boko Haram hostages as international powers ramped up efforts to track down the savage Nigerian Islamist group.

• Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls Start Second Month in Captivity

  More than 200 schoolgirls on Wednesday began their second month as Boko Haram hostages as international powers ramped up efforts to track down the savage Nigerian Islamist group.

• Mother Identifies Daughter on Video of Abducted Nigeria Schoolgirls

  A mother of an abducted Nigerian schoolgirl has identified her daughter in a video posted by Islamist rebels that showed dozens of girls in captivity, a school leader said on Tuesday.

• Boko Haram, taking to hills, seize slave 'brides'

  In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice - convert to Islam or die.