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April 12, 2024

10 Years After Chibok Abduction, Leaders No Longer Fighting for Survivors and Remaining Captives
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In Nigeria, communities are marking 10 years since the mass kidnapping
of 276 girls from their school dormitory in Chibok by Boko Haram
fighters. Negotiations in 2016 and 2017 led to the release of about 100
of the girls, but Nigerian and international leaders have since ceased
campaigning for the release of the remaining captives as mass
kidnappings continue to plague the country. Their families and freed
survivors are demanding their safe return.

Yagana Yamani: "Those that remain in the bush, they are my friends. They
are my friends, so I was praying maybe one day we will still see each
other. I was praying that maybe government will help us and try their
best so that they will come and see their parents, their parents will
see their children, the way we see our own parents."



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