Thursday 22 September 2016

Chibok girls: Nigeria's Buhari calls for UN mediation

The abduction of the girls from their school dormitories led to a global campaign to secure their freedom


Nigeria's president has called for the UN to mediate with militant Islamist group Boko Haram to secure the release of schoolgirls it is holding captive.

Muhammadu Buhari said he was prepared to swap militants who are in custody for the girls.

The more than 200 girls were seized during a raid on a school in the north-eastern town of Chibok in 2014.

Previous efforts by neighbouring Chad to broker a deal with Boko Haram to secure the girls' release failed.

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