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These former members of the insurgent group Boko Haram say they've escaped and turned themselves in to Chadian authorities. The army of Chad has intervened in northern Nigeria against the Islamist group.

Nigeria’s army may finally have Boko Haram on the run

April 30, 2015Conflict

After months of taking a light approach toward the militants of Boko Haram, the Nigerian military has been on the offensive in recent weeks and seems to be winning. But that doesn’t mean the Islamist group is disappearing any time soon.

Sorry, Oprah. You’re not No. 1 anymore.

April 21, 2015Economics

Protestors with the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" chapter demonstrate at Unity Fountain in Abuja on January 25, 2015.

A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram

April 1, 2015Conflict

Supporters of Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his election victory on March 31, 2015. Buhari is the first Nigerian to peacefully oust a sitting president under the country's democratic system.

Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria’s president concedes election defeat

March 31, 2015Global Politics

Malala Yousafzai during trip to Nigeria July 2014

Malala, the girl who survived a Taliban shooting, is in Nigeria to support its kidnapped girls

July 14, 2014Conflict & Justice

What's left of the state boarding school in Chibok, a remote town in northeast Nigeria Borno State. On April 14, Boko Haram militants raided the school on April 14th in search of food. They found the girls and kidnapped them. More than 200 are still missi

The town where the Nigerian girls were kidnapped is the heartland of Boko Haram

May 23, 2014Conflict & Justice

The school the Nigerian girls were kidnapped from is in a remote corner of northeast Nigeria. It’s so remote that it takes three days by car to get there. Once you get there, you’ll find yourself in the heartland of Boko Haram. The school the Nigerian girls were kidnapped from is in a remote corner of northeast Nigeria. It’s so remote that it takes three days by car to get there. Once you get there, you’ll find yourself in the heartland of Boko Haram.

Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on May 21, 2014. Rose is one of the more than 200 of her classmates on April 14 by Boko Hara

US forces are helping Nigeria — but there are limits to what they’ll do

May 22, 2014Conflict & Justice

Say you’ve got a friend and that friend is in trouble. You offer help but realize that behind the smiles and gratitude, your friend doesn’t seem to know how to put it to use. And you, the helper, realize that you can’t even fully utilize the help you’ve offered because your friend can’t guarantee the minimum conditions necessary for you to deliver it.Say you’ve got a friend and that friend is in trouble. You offer help but realize that behind the smiles and gratitude, your friend doesn’t seem to know how to put it to use. And you, the helper, realize that you can’t even fully utilize the help you’ve offered because your friend can’t guarantee the minimum conditions necessary for you to deliver it.

Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit

May 16, 2014Conflict & Justice

This weekend, there were competing images over whether Nigeria’s government is serious about fighting Boko Haram and rescuing the girls who were kidnapped. Nigeria’s president cancelled his only planned trip to the scene of the kidnapping, but then attended a summit in Paris where he and neighboring leaders pledged to work together.This weekend, there were competing images over whether Nigeria’s government is serious about fighting Boko Haram and rescuing the girls who were kidnapped. Nigeria’s president cancelled his only planned trip to the scene of the kidnapping, but then attended a summit in Paris where he and neighboring leaders pledged to work together.

Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, addresses a protest rally by Nigerians demanding the release of the school girls abducted from the remote village of Chibok. U.S. surveillance aircraft are flying over remote areas of nort

Besides hashtags, what can the US do to help Nigeria’s kidnapped girls?

May 16, 2014Global Politics

There’s hashtag activism, and then there’s actually figuring out how to rescue the Nigerian girls kidnapped last month by the Boko Haram. The latter is proving difficult and is revealing the limits of American power and the tensions in Washington’s relationship with Nigeria.There’s hashtag activism, and then there’s actually figuring out how to rescue the Nigerian girls kidnapped last month by the Boko Haram. The latter is proving difficult and is revealing the limits of American power and the tensions in Washington’s relationship with Nigeria.

A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria

May 12, 2014Conflict & Justice

A video released on Monday by the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram seems to shows some of the kidnapped girls for the first time. About a 100 of them appear on screen, wearing a full body veil, but with their faces visible. Also on the video, Boko Haram’s leader says the girls will remain captive until the government releases some of the group’s jailed fighters.