It was the latest in a series of mass kidnappings, often of schoolchildren, in an area where a surge in armed militancy has led to a worsening breakdown of security.
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Gunmen in Nigeria Attack School, Abducting Dozens and Killing a Student
Kidnappers in the West African country once targeted people with money or power. But increasingly, they are abducting people with neither — like schoolchildren.
U.K. High Court Says Nigerians Can Sue Shell in Britain Over Oil Spills
The Dutch energy company has a presence in Britain, and a judge ruled there was “a real issue to be tried.”
Buhari Fires Nigeria’s Top Generals and Appoints Replacements
With just two years left in President Buhari’s tenure, can a new approach defeat the militants and bandits who are killing, kidnapping and traumatizing Nigeria’s people?
A Continent Where the Dead Are Not Counted
All 54 African countries put together have registered fewer Covid deaths than France. That doesn’t mean people aren’t dying from the virus.
As Virus Resurges in Africa, Doctors Fear the Worst Is Yet to Come
The coronavirus killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West. Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is raising alarms.
Your Thursday Briefing
A last-minute Brexit scramble.
Police Took Their Son Away. Then the Merchants of Hope Showed Up.
The police seize and kill young men in Nigeria. Then pastors, lawyers and so-called human rights advocates squeeze money out of their families, promising to help find them.
Freed Nigeria Schoolboys Meet President Muhammadu Buhari
Capitalizing on a rare victory, the Nigerian government publicly displayed the more than 300 boys who had been released, and insisted it had not paid ransom.
An Agonizing Wait After Nigeria Abductions, Then a Flood of Relief
The seizure of more than 300 boys brought immediate comparisons to the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls. But an anguishing six days later, a state governor said the boys had been released.