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Members of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) campaign embrace each other at a sit-out in Abuja, Nigeria May 18, 2016.

The Chibok girls are still in custody, and their parents are still desperate

May 12, 2017Conflict

About 100 kidnapped Chibok girls have been released, but they still don’t get to go home.

Ladi, Glory and Mary, three of the escaped Chibok girls, stroll through the gardens of the American University of Nigeria, in Yola, Nigeria. They've received scholarships to go to school at AUN.

Some of the Chibok girls are getting an education and a new future

March 24, 2017Education

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