Five years after Boko Haram kidnap, 112 Chibok girls still missingHauwa was one of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. On April 14, 2014, gunmen stormed the Chibok girls' boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17, 57 of whom managed to escape by jumping from the trucks. After negotiations with Boko Haram, 107 of the girls either escaped, were released in exchange for prisoners or were recovered by the army.Hauwa is one of the 112 girls of whom there has been no news. SEE ALSO :Nightmares, guilt: 5 years after Chibok girls kidnapShe might have died of hunger or disease, given the army's long-term policy of blocking the group's supplies. Whatever their fate, and that of the Chibok girls, a decade of conflict has taken a heavy toll.

Source: Standard Digital April 14, 2019 01:52 UTC