ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) β Relatives of more than 200 Nigerian girls who are still being held captive by the Muslim militant group Boko Haram are clinging to hope they’ll be reunited with their loved ones in the new year.
Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from a boarding school in the remote northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 prompted an international campaign for their release and criticism of Nigeria’s government for not acting quickly to free them.
Dozens of the girls escaped on their own in the first couple of days, but 219 remain missing.
The founder of the “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign, Obiageli Ezekwesili, called for “closure to the matter of their abduction.”
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