Sentences with phrase «chibok schoolgirls»

Cronin gathered hundreds of articles of women's and girls» clothing from around the world to represent three specific tragedies: brightly - colored saris symbolize two Indian girls who were kidnapped, gang - raped, and lynched from a tree at the edge of their village; hijabs signify 276 Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2014 — over 200 of whom still remain missing; and gray and white aprons & uniforms symbolize those worn by «fallen women,» in forced labor at the Magdalene Asylums and Laundries in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the U.S. Moving from the marble alters and sacred architecture of Venice's sixteenth - century Chiesa di San Gallo to the secular gallery context of FLAG, Cronin will present the same three fabric sculptures, here piled on top of their shipping crates to now address human trafficking as well as human rights issues.

Cronin gathered hundreds of articles of women's and girls» clothing from around the world to represent three specific tragedies: brightly - colored saris symbolize two Indian girls who were kidnapped, gang - raped, and lynched from a tree at the edge of their village; hijabs signify 276 Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2014 — over 200 of whom still remain missing; and gray and white aprons & uniforms symbolize those worn by «fallen women,» in forced labor at the Magdalene Asylums and Laundries in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the U.S.

, 2014 the terrorist organization abducted more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls from the Government Secondary School in Borno State, Nigeria.

Boko Haram, a militant group which mainly attracted global attention in 2014 due to the abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, still strikes the country with its violent attacks and threatens Nigeria's security.

An African American billionaire, Robert Smith is sponsoring the education of 24 Chibok schoolgirls in American University, Yola in Adamawa State.

There were angry reactions on Monday after President Muhammadu Buhari shunned the #BringBackOurGirls group and the parents of the Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram sect 861 days ago.

The 21 Chibok schoolgirls recently released from Boko Haram captivity have just arrived the Presidential Villa, Abuja where they are expected to meet with President Muhammadu...

The 21 Chibok schoolgirls recently released from Boko Haram captivity have just arrived the Presidential Villa, Abuja where they are expected to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the United Nations to help negotiate the release of the Chibok schoolgirls, who were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.

No fewer than 17 of the parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have reportedly died as a result of trauma associated with the abduction.

«Long before the girls were released, the Federal Government had established the «Chibok Girls Desk» in the ministry, responsible for acting on matters relating to the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, and serving as a channel of communication between relevant agencies and the parents and relatives of the abducted girls.»

Meanwhile, the Federal Government denied reports that it released some top terrorists to secure the release of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls.

Some parents of the Chibok schoolgirls have frowned at the insinuations that some of their daughters may have been the ones being used by Boko Haram...

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday commended Buhari, the Nigerian security agencies, the government of Switzerland and the international community for the combined efforts that led to the release of 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls.

A member of the House of Representatives, (APC Borno), Mohammed Monguno, has revealed why it has been difficult to free the remaining Chibok schoolgirls.

Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare has called on the Federal Government to secure the immediate release of Chibok schoolgirls and the remaining Dapchi girl,...

The Presidency has dismissed Ahmed Salkida's latest information that only 15 of the remaining 113 abducted Chibok schoolgirls in captivity of Boko Haram are alive.

Some parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls say they believe there is cover up in the events that occurred before the abduction of their daughters by...

Residents blamed Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group that kidnapped nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls in April 2014.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has denied allegations that it paid a ransom of $ 2m for the release of 82 Chibok schoolgirls.

Nigeria Politics Online earlier reports that the Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Mr. Hosea Tsambido, said the government has invited parents of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls to Abuja to reunite with them.

A May 31, 2017 photograph of the released Chibok schoolgirls when they were handed over by the Department of State Services to the Ministry of Women Affairs in Abuja.

The Federal Government has berated the Ahmed Makarfi - led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party for its comment on the recent release of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, adding that the PDP lacks the moral right to comment on the issue.

At the fourth anniversary of the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls, the senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah has pointed out that what Boko Haram terrorists understand...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by a United Kingdom based Nigerian activist, Philip Agbese, to overlook the offer to swap the abducted Chibok schoolgirls with...

The Cameroonian Information Minister, Issa Bakari, has clarified that the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the deadly Boko Haram sect are not among the 900 hostages recently...

One of the missing Chibok schoolgirls, Amina Nkeki Ali, who was found in the Sambisa Forest close to Nigeria's border with Cameroon on Tuesday, has reportedly...

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to grant amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents on the condition that they freed all the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The #BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, campaigners have urged outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and President - elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to collectively work assiduously to ensure that the remaining 219 Chibok schoolgirls still held by Boko Haram insurgents return home before the May 29 handover date.

Three mothers of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have said they identified their daughters in a video released by the Boko Haram terrorist group.

The General Overseer, Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has lampooned politicians and political parties for using the abduction of 219 Chibok schoolgirls to score...

Available information has it that the United Kingdom, UK, is withholding sensitive information regarding the whereabouts of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram...

Criticisms have continued to trail the outburst of Governor Ayodele Fayose on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, Punch is reporting.

The UN on Friday says the plight of 219 Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted two years ago is a major conflict that is affecting the North - Eastern...

The Federal Government on Sunday said it was doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok schoolgirls and put an end to the horrible...

Nigeria's former Minister of Education and one of the leaders of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili says the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan to rescue the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in April last year has shown how unfit he is as a leader.

But in less than three years, from stating that the President had made the economy worse than he met it, to not fulfilling his campaign promise of rescuing all Chibok schoolgirls within few months into his administration, to the army's invasion of the South - East in September 2017, Buhari seems to have lost favour with Ezekwesili.

The Federal Government has invited parents of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls, who were released penultimate weekend by Boko Haram, to Abuja where they will be re-united with their daughters.

Members of the Bring Back our Girls group advocating the return of 112 Chibok schoolgirls were attacked by the police as they approached the Unity Fountain for a sit - out

A thousand days after over 200 girls were abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, President Muhammadu Buhari has recommitted himself to the safe return of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls to their families.

Osai said: «The release of 82 of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls by the armed group Boko Haram is a big relief.

The plight of the 218 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls remains uncertain after a recent split in the world's deadliest terrorist group.

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Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman told CNN, «We stumbled on the girls and may find more,» but added they are «not the Chibok girls,» referring to the group of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped last spring that sparked the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

According to Amnesty International, several hundred schoolgirls - both Christian and Muslim - between the ages of 16 and 18 were abducted at gunpoint on April 14 from their rooms at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, where they had been sleeping.

We are doing all we can to secure the release of the remaining abducted schoolgirls from Dapchi and Chibok.

Buhari gave the reassurance in a statement to remember the 1,000 th day of the abduction of the schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno.

He also added that the President will get the required 25 percent votes even in Chibok, the Borno community where Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls on April 14.

The administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan had lived in denial up till three weeks after the news of the abduction broke, saying no schoolgirl was kidnapped in Chibok.

Fifty - three of the schoolgirls escaped soon after being seized in Chibok on 14 April but many more remain captive.

AI on Saturday asked the Federal Government to do more in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls and the remaining Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu.