The Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamic group Boko Haram a decade ago. Lydia Simon was rescued along with her three children by troops conducting an operation in the northern Borno State, the military said Thursday, adding that she was five months’ pregnant at the time of her rescue. The army didn’t specify how or when the rescue happened, only saying it was “recent.” CNN has contacted the military for comment. Of the 276...
Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok.Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, from where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still missing a decade after the high-profile mass...
The Islamist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls from a school in Chibok in 2014
"It is doubtful whether trying to reabsorb terrorists into the communities they once terrorised is a winning strategy against the war on terror"
The mass abductions caused global outrage in 2014 – but it marked the start of a wave of similar kidnappings in Nigeria
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The argument over what’s held the Cowboys back for so many years is multi-faceted, but one clear contributor is the success rate of their second- and third-round draft picks. Dallas has struggled on Day 2 of the draft for many years, but not without some wins along the way. Let’s look at some of their better Day 2 picks from the last decade. We’ve talked plenty before about Dallas’ ugly history in the second round of the draft, going back all the way to the poo-poo platter of RB Sherman...
South Yorkshire Police have confirmed an 11-year-old girl reported missing from Barnsley on Monday morning has been found “safe and well”. In an appeal on Monday evening, police reported that Ava May had last been seen in the Great Houghton area of Barnsley at 11.45am today (Monday, April 29, 2024). She was said to have links in Barnsley and Sheffield. South Yorkshire Police officers were said to be becoming “increasingly concerned” for Ava May and wanted to speak to anyone who had seen her....
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BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl in September from a campground […]
A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year
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