African Dialogue

Chibok girls released in NigeriaAt last, following a harrowing manner in which they were forcibly taken or abducted as some analysts would say, about 84 missing Chibok girls have been finally released. That is three years after being kept captive against their will by the militant Islamic Boko Haram group from a school in Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. According to the Nigerian government, the girls were released after extensive negotiations with the militant Islamic group. A total of 276 girls were kidnapped by this militant group on the 14th of April 2014. About 21 0f these girls, managed to escape from capture in October the same year. Unfortunately, the whereabouts of 200 other missing girls remains a mystery. To help us understand this and make sense out of it, we are now joined on the line by:Dan Shemang: Deputy Director of News Voice of Nigeria: Mausi E. Segun: Senior Nigeria Researcher: Human Rights Watch: Esther Ikubaje: Campaigner at Amnesty International Nigeria office: