--- description: Some 217 girls still remain missing after the extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped them in 2014 from the town of Chibok title: Second Chibok Schoolgirl Rescued From Boko Haram image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b37b861d46c550/6987ed64cd6848602909dc0f/boko-haram-bring-back-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nigeria](/tag/nigeria/) ## Nigeria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Second Chibok Schoolgirl Rescued From Boko Haram by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2016 10:14 PM CUT  Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler attends a gathering "Bring Back Our Girls" near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 14, 2015 to mark one year since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria, by Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram. Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler attends a gathering "Bring Back Our Girls" near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 14, 2015 to mark one year since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria, by Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram.Gonzalo Fuentes—Reuters by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2016 10:14 PM CUT A second Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram [has been found](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36338989 "undefined"), according to the Nigerian army. An army spokesman said Thursday that more details about the rescue operation would come later, according to the BBC. The rescue comes days after a first girl, Amina Ali Nkeki, [was rescued with her four-month-old baby](http://time.com/4339812/chibok-girls-boko-haram-nigeria/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"). A group of more than 200 girls were abducted by [Boko Haram](http://time.com/4290570/boko-haram-suicide-bombers-children-unicef/ "undefined") from a secondary school in the town of Chibok in 2014\. The Nigerian government has [tried — and failed —](http://time.com/4181342/nigeria-muhammadu-buhari-chibok/ "undefined") to free the girls after the incident gained worldwide attention. Terrorist group Boko Haram has killed and kidnapped many others in Nigeria. \[[BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36338989 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4342534/chibok-girl-rescue-boko-haram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4342534/chibok-girl-rescue-boko-haram/"},"headline":"Second Chibok Schoolgirl Rescued From Boko Haram","datePublished":"2016-05-19T22:14:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:42:15.053Z","description":"Some 217 girls still remain missing","url":"https://time.com/4342534/chibok-girl-rescue-boko-haram/","keywords":["Nigeria","Boko Haram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b37b861d46c550/6987ed64cd6848602909dc0f/boko-haram-bring-back-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b37b861d46c550/6987ed64cd6848602909dc0f/boko-haram-bring-back-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler (3rdL) attends a gathering \"Bring Back Our Girls\" near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 14, 2015 to mark one year since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria, by Nigerian","caption":"Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler (3rdL) attends a gathering \"Bring Back Our Girls\" near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 14, 2015 to mark one year since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok, north-eastern Nigeria, by Nigerian","creditText":"Gonzalo Fuentes—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nigeria/","name":"Nigeria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4342534/chibok-girl-rescue-boko-haram/","name":"Second Chibok Schoolgirl Rescued From Boko Haram"}}]}] ```