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Nigeria Marks 6th Year of Missing Chibok Girls Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Timothy Obiezu

   ABUJA - Nigerian activists are marking six years since Boko Haram
   militants abducted 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok and kept 112
   in captivity.

   This year, a live broadcast by the Bring Back Our Girls movement is
   helping to mark the anniversary, due to travel restrictions imposed
   because of the coronavirus pandemic.

   Allen Manasseh, media and communications director of the Chibok
   community, is helping fight for the release of the girls.

   "I am related to some of the girls," he said. "About 24 of them are
   from my family, directly my cousins and nieces."

   The audacious abduction of the girls by Boko Haram thrust the group and
   their brutal insurgency into the global spotlight.

   Some girls escaped soon after the abduction, and more than 100 others
   have since been freed through negotiations.

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