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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNigeria's Boko Haram 'abducts more women and girls'
Dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state have been abducted by suspected militants, residents say.
The abductions have not been confirmed by the authorities, but residents say they took place a day after the military announced it had agreed a ceasefire with the Boko Haram group.
The government hopes the Islamist group will free more than 200 girls seized in April as part of negotiations.
Boko Haram has not confirmed the truce.
The abductions have not been confirmed by the authorities, but residents say they took place a day after the military announced it had agreed a ceasefire with the Boko Haram group.
The government hopes the Islamist group will free more than 200 girls seized in April as part of negotiations.
Boko Haram has not confirmed the truce.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29740204
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Nigeria's Boko Haram 'abducts more women and girls' (Original Post)
MerryBlooms
Oct 2014
OP
I think it was last week or maybe the week before, there was a post about the possible
MerryBlooms
Oct 2014
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get the red out
(13,461 posts)1. Terrible
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MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)2. I think it was last week or maybe the week before, there was a post about the possible
release of the women/girls that were being held... it doesn't sound to me like that's going to happen.
get the red out
(13,461 posts)3. I recall that post
And no, doesn't look likely now. These terrorist groups upset me, they love flaunting their hatred of females especially.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)4. It's hard enough for me to read, I can't imagine watching any of the video.
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)5. You mean "tweeting" didn't make him release the girls and stop ?
Crazypolitics25
(10 posts)6. This group needs to be stopped
This Boko Haram group needs to be stopped because women and children in Nigeria will feel safer when the group's members are rotting corpses.
JI7
(89,244 posts)7. the news of the "Truce" seem to be more about the President's Re-election
than anything else. looks like they put that news out so he doesn't get hurt in elections over those angry over how this has been dealt with.
MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)8. I think you're probably right. n/t
Brigid
(17,621 posts)9. Well, with this news . . .
So much for that.