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Nigerian hunters have turned their guns on Boko Haram. Bunu Bukar, left, is secretary of the Hunters/Vigilante Association in Borno State, Nigeria. Ba Bunu, right, a commander of the hunting group, wearing a piece of a cat’s tail on a necklace for good luck. Credit Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times

Hunting Big Game or Boko Haram, ‘You Kill It or It Kills You’

by Dionne Searcey | May 15, 2017 | Features

Maiduguri, Nigeria – Ever since he was a boy, Bunu Bukar has hunted big game in the forests of northeastern Nigeria, tracking the footprints of wild pigs, antelopes and elephants through the thick brush. Now the prey he hunts leaves motorcycle tracks. Mr. Bukar...

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Some of the Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram in October look on during their visit to meet President Muhammadu Buhari In Abuja, Nigeria. Photo: Reuters

Boko Haram Videos of Purported Chibok Girl, Threat to Bomb Nigerian Capital

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 13, 2017 | World

Boko Haram late on Friday released a video claiming to show the Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of a recent swap deal with the Nigerian government as another video of a man purporting to be a militant said the group plans to bomb Nigeria’s...

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Chibok School Girls Are Released by Boko Haram

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2016 | World

Twenty one school girls from Chibok who were released by the Nigerian group Boko Haram after they were detained for more than two years returned to their families on Sunday in Abuja and recounted the difficult circumstances of their detention. During a religious...

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This video grab image created on August 14, 2016 taken from a video released on youtube purportedly by Boko Haram showing what is claimed to be one of the group’s fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. AFP

Boko Haram Releases 21 Chibok Girls

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 13, 2016 | World

Boko Haram militants have released 21 schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago in the northern town of Chibok following a prisoner swap, an official in the president’s office said Thursday. The Chibok girls were released as part of the swap deal struck...

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A woman holds a sign to call for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants on May 19, 2014 during a sit-in organised by Human Rights organisations in Abidjan.
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Nigeria asks UN Al-Qaeda committee to blacklist Boko Haram

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 21, 2014 | World

United Nations, Reuters—Nigeria has formally asked the UN Security Council Al-Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist the Islamist militant group Boko Haram after the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls, UN diplomats said on Tuesday. If there is no objection by the...