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## bringbackourgirls


* ![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
* ![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
* ![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
* ![People march during a protest calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school who were abducted two years ago, in Abuja, Nigeria on April 14, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe701fad3912058a/69888f2bab6d7724c06a941b/chibok-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 14, 2016  
## [The Kidnapped Nigerian Girls Are Among the Many Victims in a War on Women](https://time.com/4294152/chibok-girls-kidnapped-boko-haram-women/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![2015 Time 100 Gala](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02453b0867de54f7/69888f01a988ca492e6b7660/gettyimages-472732880.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 14, 2016  
## [This Powerful New Song Reminds the World That the Chibok Girls Are Still Missing](https://time.com/4291651/chibok-girls-missing-song/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlotte Alter  
* ![People march on a street during a silent protest calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, who were kidnapped a year ago, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 13, 2015](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltace227e61e34648e/6987eae5a988ca15376b02a8/boko-haram-bring-back-our-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 14, 2015  
## [New Efforts Promised to Find Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram](https://time.com/3820654/boko-haram-chibok-girls-muhammadu-buhari-bringbackourgirls-nigeria/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin McSpadden
* ![Rebecca, one of the girls that escaped from the Boko Haram camp is comforted during a protest march, organized by the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" protest group to the Presidential Villa, in Abuja](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33809a7c89f6c274/698762df8e06017add457ebd/2014-10-14t203044z_1005099567_gm1eaaf0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 27, 2014  
## [Girls Who Escaped Boko Haram Tell of Horrors](https://time.com/3540263/girls-boko-haram-escape/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlotte Alter
* ![Nigeria Kidnapped Girls](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fade393e05e043d/698762963c1639461244f430/nigeria-kidnapped-gir_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2014  
## [Boko Haram Said to Abduct More Women, Girls in Nigeria](https://time.com/3535904/women-girls-abducted-boko-haram-nigeria/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Helen Regan
* ![Nigeria's President Jonathan attends the Africa Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Terrorism at the KICC in Nairobi](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda1600c878c85cbb/6986a29f13c79fde6c193c87/goodluck_jonathan_nigeria.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 10, 2014  
## [#BringBackGoodluck2015 Is a Political Disaster](https://time.com/3316980/bringbackourgirls-hashtag-goodluck-jonathan-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 28, 2014  
## [Boko Haram Kidnaps Wife of Cameroon's Deputy Prime Minister](https://time.com/3045718/boko-haram-cameroon-nigeria/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlotte Alter  
* ![Nigerian mothers, with  some girls who escaped Boko Haram, are covered in sheets to hide their identity](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd7bc31673e1a6cf/69869abad0b6f26e0e3052ae/450106934.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2014  
## [#BringBackOurGirls, Still Gone](https://time.com/2962866/bringbackourgirls-still-hasnt-brought-them-back/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Nigeria Centenary](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72036ac654495e70/69868fd5361760013e90c0e9/ap723469705789.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 16, 2014  
## [Nigerian leader cancels trip to abducted girls' town](https://time.com/102575/nigerian-president-abducted-girls/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Denver Nicks
* ![A member of Boko Haram in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria, in 2012.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaca3921a982bc06d/69868e9a810bbb615cc917a0/boko-haram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 15, 2014  
## [5 Reasons Boko Haram is Un-Islamic](https://time.com/99929/boko-haram-is-un-islamic/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Carla Power
* ![Kidnapped schoolgirls are seen at an unknown location in this still image taken from an undated video released by Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a7b65d4e41392b8/69868f07169ab0033c279435/boko-haram-kidnapped-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 13, 2014  
## ['We've Got to be More Forceful'](https://time.com/97315/should-the-u-s-send-in-special-forces-to-bring-back-our-girls/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alex Rogers
* ![A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video released by Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows a man claiming to be the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group, Abubakar Shekau.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ccf1759561bd820/69868ee33bc9991e2f1a3675/boko-haram1.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2014  
## [Missing Girls Shown In Video](https://time.com/95932/boko-haram-video-nigeria-kidnapped-girls/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlotte Alter

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