The Rescued Chibok Girl and the Victims Support Fund
(CRF) – The Nigeria Foundation for the Support of Victims of Terrorism, also known as the Victims Support Fund (VSF), is an organization with a mandate to administer support to and raise [...]
A Stolen Generation: Investigating the Tragedy of Nigeria’s Missing Children
(Vice News) – “When Boko Haram attacked us in the village everyone was just running helter skelter,” Saratu Zakaria told VICE News. “The kids followed their dad but along [...]
Nigerian Girl Abducted by Boko Haram From Chibok Is Found
(New York Times) – One of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago during a mass abduction at a school in Nigeria has been found, community leaders in the area said on [...]
When schools and students become spoils of war
(Al Jazeera) – Two years have passed since Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, and 219 of the girls remain missing. The anniversary, and that of the kidnapping of [...]
‘We cannot forget the girls from Chibok’ – UN child rights envoy
(UN News Centre) – Marking two years since Boko Haram abducted 276 girls in Nigeria, a United Nations child rights envoy reiterated a call to bring them back, stressing that the [...]
The Daughters of Chibok
(The Murtala Muhammed Foundation) – In the middle of the night on April 14, 2014, Boko Haram, abducted 276 girls from their secondary school’s dormitory in the town of Chibok in [...]
Girls released from Boko Haram captivity rejected by society – new report
(International-Alert) – Girls and women kidnapped by Nigeria’s insurgent group, Jamāʻat Ahl as-Sunnah lid-daʻwa wal-Jihād (JAS), commonly known as Boko Haram, face mistrust and [...]
Nigeria: United Nations Experts to Assess Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Women and Children Freed from Boko Haram
(UNOG) – Three United Nations human rights experts will visit Nigeria from 18 to 22 January 2016 to examine the measures to assist in the rehabilitation and reintegration of the women and [...]
Boko Haram violence forces 1 million children from school
(UN News Centre) – Violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries have forced “a staggering” one million children out of school in [...]
Boko Haram’s suicide bomber girls often unaware they’re carrying bombs: UN expert
(AFP) – Many of the young girls Boko Haram sends out as suicide bombers in Nigeria and neighbouring countries are probably unaware that they will be blown up, a UN expert said Tuesday. Boko [...]
