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# Boko Haram

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## Boko Haram


* ![Nigeria](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb58196d86452f574/6988f72786f68edbc36e7ca2/gettyimages-685981520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2018  
## [Chibok Schoolgirl Kidnapped By Boko Haram Has Been Found](https://time.com/5089293/nigeria-boko-haram-chibok-schoolgirl-found/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![Delori 1 camp in the outskirts of Maiduguri houses roughly 29 thousand internally displaced people who have fleed Boko Haram controlled areas. Nigeria 2017](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27a1a2488c0ec999/6988d8040b72e368856eee1d/nigeria-paolo-pellegrin-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 3, 2017  
## [How to Give Nigeria's Moms and Babies a 'Golden Window'](https://time.com/4799144/nigeria-moms-babies-golden-window-1000-days/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f0806848409d58d/6988d70886f68e20256e5b36/girls-connect-tout.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 31, 2017  
## [Dial 1 for Empowerment: The Toll-Free Number Giving Nigeria's Girls Advice](https://time.com/4806855/nigeria-toll-free-girls-teenage-connect-boko-haram/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Falta Abada, an IPD who has just arrived in Diqwa after walking for a day and a half is waiting to be checked by the Nigerian army at a screening center. Diqwa, Nigeria 2017](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f15252778f40b9a/6988d26e7cdbac35dcd58dc5/nigeria-paolo-pellegrin-idp-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2017  
## [Boko Haram Left It in Ruins. Now, This Nigerian Town Is Making a Comeback](https://time.com/4801625/nigeria-boko-haram-village-ngwom-maiduguri/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![Girls, originally from Nigeria, break down remaining branches from trees that have been cut by other refugees outside of Guam Guam Camp in Diffa, Niger.\(Jane Hahn\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a553cb46499c62/6988bfc60a4a2279dd9cd680/jhahn_niger_lacchad_02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 27, 2017  
## [For Refugees Displaced by Boko Haram, a Disappearing Lake Has Disastrous Consequences](https://time.com/4710042/lake-chad/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Janna Dotschkal  
* ![Kidnapped Nigerian students meet their families in Abuja](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab2588475a12f8b9/6988aa2ccd1bba0de6702b8b/gettyimages-615047370.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 17, 2016  
## [Nigeria: More Captive Girls 'Could Be Freed Soon'](https://time.com/4532910/boko-haram-chibok-girls-release-nigeria-more-83/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, left, welcomes some of the freed Chibok school girls at the state House in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3cb1053901d9d74/6988aa0a196cf46db203d8fc/chibok-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2016  
## [Boko Haram Releases 21 of the Missing Chibok Girls](https://time.com/4529498/boko-haram-chibok-girls-nigeria/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Julia Zorthian
* ![Nigeria Violence](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab841bbbff5e2058/6988a345cd1bba0aaa7020bf/ap_120111025066.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 23, 2016  
## [Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau Dead, Again](https://time.com/4462493/abubakar-shekau-boko-haram-leader-believed-killed-nigeria-government/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kate Samuelson
* ![Nigerian Clinics](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cd9ae8d07c9946d/69889c72bc6cfc288a3ddd7e/gettyimages-148105855.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 19, 2016  
## [Boko Haram Leaves 250,000 Children Malnourished](https://time.com/4412052/nigeria-unicef-malnourished-children-boko-haram/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Casey Quackenbush
* ![US-POLITICS-HEARING-BOKO-HARAM-RIGHTS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b6ad93e88ee6d15/698899110a4a2242fb9ca326/gettyimages-530776664.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 24, 2016  
## [The Battle For the Chibok Girls Who Came to the U.S.](https://time.com/4378328/boko-haram-chibok-us-bring-back-our-girls/)  
by Belinda Luscombe  
* ![Nigeria Kidnapped Girls](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bc4e24805384f95/6988941bcf40a83dc9c4352e/bring-back-our-girls-boko-haram-nigeria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 20, 2016  
## [The Rescue of a Second Chibok Girl Raises Hopes for the Rest](https://time.com/4343129/chibok-girl-second-rescued-boko-haram/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![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 ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3b37b861d46c550/6987ed64cd6848602909dc0f/boko-haram-bring-back-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 19, 2016  
## [Second Chibok Schoolgirl Rescued From Boko Haram](https://time.com/4342534/chibok-girl-rescue-boko-haram/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Daniel White
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 11, 2016  
## ['Children Dying' in Nigerian Detention Barracks](https://time.com/4325776/nigeria-giwa-detention-children-amnesty-international-boko-haram/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Rivett-Carnac
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 19, 2016  
## [Why America's Highways Are Less Safe](https://time.com/4298716/congress-highways-less-safe/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Boys Fishing, Ghana](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt259f9ce2fd2205fd/69888f38196cf4832203b308/gettyimages-170480741.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 15, 2016  
## [Why Ted Cruz Is Helping Hold Up an Anti-Slavery Bill](https://time.com/4291515/ted-cruz-anti-slavery-abortion-emsi-hold/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Belinda Luscombe

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