On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian, with some Muslim, schoolgirls aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary Sc
Damage to the school seen in the aftermath of the attack
CEE-HOPE Nigerian organized an event to commemorate the one year anniversary of the kidnappings
U.S. President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Chibok schoolgirls Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu at the White House on 27 June 2017.
A public art installation created by Nigerian artist Sarah Peace in Epping Forest, depicting the missing girls with black veiled figures
Abubakar Shekau
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Abubakar Mohammed Shekau was a Nigerian militant who was the leader of Boko Haram, an extremist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, from 2009 until his suicide in 2021 during the Battle of Sam
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
…girls, a camp and evidence of vehicle movement were spotted next to a local landmark called the "Tree of Life" in the Sambisa forest. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the kidnappings in a video released shortly after 1pm on 5 May. Shekau claimed that "Allah instructed me to sell them... I…
Shekau announcing Boko Haram's abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls in a May 2014 video
Artistic depiction of a Boko Haram attack in Borno State, Nigeria